Haggai 1:8

“Go up to the mountain, etc.] Or, “that mountain”f20; pointing either to Lebanon, to cut down cedars, and bring them from thence for the building of the temple; or Mount Moriah, on which the temple was to be built; and thither carry the wood they fetched from Lebanon, or were brought from thence by the Tyrians: and bring wood; or, “that ye may bring wood”; from Lebanon, or any other mountain on which wood grew, to Mount Moriah: and build the house; the temple, whose foundation was already laid, but the superstructure was neglected: now the Lord would have them go on with it immediately, out of hand, with the utmost diligence, alacrity, and vigour; and not desist till the whole building was…”

“Go up to the mountain--Moriah [ROSENMULLER]; Lebanon [HENDERSON]. Rather, generally, the mountains around, now covered with wood, the growth of the long period of the captivity. So Neh 8:15, "Go forth unto the mount," that is, the neighboring hills [MAURER]. wood--Haggai specifies this as being the first necessary; not to the exclusion of other materials. Stones also were doubtless needed. That the old walls were not standing, as the Hebrew interpreters quoted by JEROME state, or the new walls partly built, appears from Hag 2:18, where express mention is made of laying the foundations. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified--I will be propitious to suppliants in it (Kg1 8:30),…”

“Go up into the mountain - Not Mount Lebanon, from where the cedars had been brought for the first temple; from where also Zerubbabel and Joshua had procured some out of Cyrus’ grant Ezra 3:7, at the first return from the captivity. They were not required to buy, expend, but simply to give their own labor. They were themselves to “go up to the mountain,” i. e., the mountainous country where the trees grew, “and bring” them. So, in order to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, Ezra made a proclamation Nehemiah 8:15 “in all their cities and in Jerusalem, go ye up to the mountain and bring leafy branches of vines, olives, myrtles, palms.” The palms, anyhow, were timber. God required not goodly stones,…”

“Take pleasure - I will accept your offerings, and hear your prayers. Glorified - Shew my majesty and account myself glorified by you also. Haggai 1:9”

“1:8 Now go up into the hills: The stands of trees around Jerusalem were insufficient to meet the demands of the Temple project. Such supplies would have been imported from Lebanon and Syria to the north. • The challenge to rebuild my house underscores the importance of worship in the life of the community and the need for a proper sanctuary so worship of the Lord might take place according to the law. The land would experience blessing and prosperity when the Lord’s Temple—his dwelling place—was rebuilt (2:4).”

“to: Ch2 2:8-10; Ezr 3:7, Ezr 6:4; Zac 11:1, Zac 11:2 and build: Hag 1:2-4; Jon 3:1, Jon 3:2; Mat 3:8, Mat 3:9 and I will take: Kg1 9:3; Ch2 7:16; Psa 87:2, Psa 87:3, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14 I will be: Hag 2:7; Exo 29:43; Isa 60:7, Isa 60:13, Isa 66:11; Joh 13:31, Joh 13:32 Haggai 1:9”