Context 2Thus says the LORD of hosts, This people says, The time has not come, even the time for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt. 3Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate? 5Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, Consider your ways! 6You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes. 7Thus says the LORD of hosts, Consider your ways! 8Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified, says the LORD. 9You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts, Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. 10Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce. 11I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands. 12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people showed reverence for the LORD. 13Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke by the commission of the LORD to the people saying, I am with you, declares the LORD. 14So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionThus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built. Douay-Rheims Bible Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord. Darby Bible Translation Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built. English Revised Version Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for the LORD'S house to be built. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible "This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'" Young's Literal Translation Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! -- they have said, 'The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah is to be built.' Library Vain Toil'Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.'--HAGGAI i. 6 A large emigration had taken place from the land of captivity to Jerusalem. The great purpose which the returning exiles had in view was the rebuilding of the Temple, as the centre-point of the restored nation. With true heroism, and much noble and unselfish … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture Lost Earnings The Abiding of the Spirit the Glory of the Church The Last Days of the Old Eastern World How those are to be Admonished who Desire not the Things of Others, but Keep their Own; and those who Give of their Own, yet Seize Appendix ii. Philo of Alexandria and Rabbinic Theology. "The Prophets of God Helping Them" Haggai Links Haggai 1:2 NIV • Haggai 1:2 NLT • Haggai 1:2 ESV • Haggai 1:2 NASB • Haggai 1:2 KJV • Haggai 1:2 Bible Apps • Haggai 1:2 Parallel • Bible Hub |