Section 1:12–15

People obeyed the call of God

1:12a Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God

Then Zerubbabel whose father was Shealtiel, and Joshua the chief priest whose father was Jozadak, and everyone who had come back from Babylon, obeyed Yahweh their God.
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Then everyone who had come back from Babylon obeyed the voice of Yahweh ⌊whom they worshipped⌋ . These people included Zerubbabel ⌊who was⌋ the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua ⌊who was both⌋ chief priest and the son of Jozadak.

1:12b and the words of the prophet Haggai,

And ⌊the people also obeyed⌋ the words of Haggai the prophet.
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And ⌊they obeyed⌋ what Haggai the prophet told them.

1:12c because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.

⌊They did that⌋ because Yahweh their God had sent him and the people respected/honoured Yahweh.
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⌊They obeyed⌋ because they ⌊believed⌋ that their God Yahweh had sent Haggai. And they feared Yahweh.

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