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Haggai 1:2-9
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Haggai 1:2-9
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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.
3 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
6 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.
7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
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Haggai 1:2-9
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Haggai 1:2-9
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2 This is what the Lord Almighty(A) says: “These people(B) say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.(C)’”
3 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:(D) 4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(E) while this house remains a ruin?(F)”
5 Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(G) to your ways. 6 You have planted much, but harvested little.(H) You eat, but never have enough.(I) You drink, but never have your fill.(J) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(K) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(L) to your ways. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber(M) and build my house, so that I may take pleasure(N) in it and be honored,(O)” says the Lord. 9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.(P) What you brought home, I blew(Q) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,(R) while each of you is busy with your own house.
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