Haggai 1:12 - Exposition

All the remnant of the people ( Haggai 2:2 ); i.e. the people who had returned from the Captivity, who are technically named "the remnant" is being only a small portion of all Israel ( Isaiah 10:21 , Isaiah 10:22 ; Zechariah 8:6 ; Micah 2:12 ). Others, not so suitably, understand by the expression, all the people beside the chiefs ( Haggai 1:14 ). Obeyed ; rather, listened unto. The active obedience is narrated in Haggai 1:14 . And the words. The prophet's words are the voice of the Lord; and the people heeded the message which the Lord had commissioned him to give. Did fear. They should that true religion which the Bible calls "the fear of the Lord." They saw their faults, perhaps dreaded some new chastisement, and hastened to obey the prophet's injunction ( Ezra 5:1 , Ezra 5:2 ).