Haggai

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Where the songs go in Haggai

The 7 songs here set 4 of the 4 movements in Haggai to music: “Is It Time for You to Dwell in Cieled Houses” (Haggai 1:1–11), “And They Came and Did Work” (Haggai 1:12–15), “The Glory of This Latter House” (Haggai 2:1–9) and “The Signet Ring” (Haggai 2:10–23). Others take the book as a whole.

Is It Time for You to Dwell in Cieled Houses (Haggai 1:1–11). Sixteen years after the foundation was laid, the temple is still a foundation and the people have moved on to panelling their own houses.

The Glory of This Latter House (Haggai 2:1–9). A month in, the old men who saw Solomon’s temple are comparing, and the new one is nothing in their eyes.

The Signet Ring (Haggai 2:10–23). He puts a legal riddle to the priests about whether holiness spreads by contact and whether defilement does, and gets the answer he was after: cleanness does not spread, uncleanness does.