Haggai

The Lord spoke through Haggai, rebuking the people for neglecting the temple's repair and instead focusing on their own homes, resulting in poverty and scarcity. In response to the Lord's instruction to rebuild the temple, the leaders and people obeyed and began working on it. The prophet Haggai encouraged Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the people to be strong and work on the temple, promising God's presence and glory, and that the latter house would be greater than the former, bringing peace.