Haggai 1:4
2 that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
3 Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
5 Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
- KJV
- Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
- WEB
- “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
- ASV
- Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?
- DARBY
- Is it time for you that ye should dwell in your wainscoted houses, while this house lieth waste?
- BLB
- “[Is it] time for you⁺ yourselves to dwell in your⁺ paneled houses, and this house [is] desolate?”
- ÅB
- Er det tid for dere til å bo i deres bordkledde hus, mens dette hus ligger øde?
- OTB
- "Er det tid for dere å bo i deres bordkledde hus,
mens dette huset ligger i ruiner?" - B1930
- Er det tid for eder til å bo i eders bordklædde hus, mens dette hus ligger øde?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 7:2
he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
Read in contextPsalms 132:3–5
“I will not enter my house or get into my bed,
Read in contextPhilippians 2:21
For all the others look after their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
Read in contextHaggai 1:9
You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
Read in contextMatthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
Read in contextLamentations 4:1
How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.
Read in contextJeremiah 52:13
He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.
Read in contextDaniel 9:17–18
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.
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