Haggai 1:2 – Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord‘s house should be built.
Problem: Haggai 1:2 implies that the people were indifferent toward the building of the temple, while Ezra 4:7–23 claims that foreign enemies came up to force the people to stop the rebuilding project. Was the reason indifference or opposition?
Solution: Both statements are true. The military force of the enemy caused the rebuilding to stop, but it was the indifference of the people that prevented the project from being restarted. (See comments on Ezra 4:23.)
