The People Obey the Lord

Haggai 1

¹² _q Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the people feared the presence of the LORD. ¹³ Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, spoke the LORD's message to the people, saying, _r "I am with you, says the LORD." ¹⁴ So _s the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, _t governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; _u and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, ¹⁵ on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

1. Cross References
   Ezra 5:2
   So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 28:20
   Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
   Romans 8:31
   What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
   
3. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 36:22
   Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying.
   Ezra 1:1
   Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying.
   
4. Cross References
   Haggai 2:21
   Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying: 'I will shake heaven and earth.
   
5. Cross References
   Ezra 5:2
   So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
   Ezra 5:8
   Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the temple of the great God, which is being built with heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
   Nehemiah 4:6
   So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.