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Haggai 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.

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ASV

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
פָּנֹ֤הpa.Nohyou turned to lookH6437 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַרְבֵּה֙har.BehmuchH7235 →
וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
לִמְעָ֔טlim.'At<into> littleH4592 →
וַהֲבֵאתֶ֥םva.ha.ve.Temand you brought [it]H935 →
הַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
וְנָפַ֣חְתִּיve.na.Fach.tiand I blewH5301 →
ב֑וֹvoon it
יַ֣עַןYa.'anbecause ofH3282 →
מֶ֗הMehwhat?H4100 →
נְאֻם֙ne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
יַ֗עַןYa.'anbecause ofH3282 →
בֵּיתִי֙bei.Tihouse myH1004 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
ה֣וּאhu'itH1931 →
חָרֵ֔בcha.Rev[is] desolateH2720 →
וְאַתֶּ֥םve.'a.Temand youH859 →
רָצִ֖יםra.Tzim[are] runningH7323 →
אִ֥ישׁ'isheachH376 →
לְבֵיתֽוֹ׃le.vei.Toto own house hisH1004 →

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Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.Haggai 1:4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”Haggai 2:17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.Haggai 2:16–17from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.Psalms 132:15I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.Ezekiel 21:31I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.Haggai 1:6You 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.”Psalms 77:5–10I considered the days of old, the years long in the past.Isaiah 40:7The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.Ecclesiastes 5:14or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.1 Chronicles 17:1After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”Ezra 9:9Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.1 Corinthians 11:30–32That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.Revelation 2:4But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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The Rebuilding of the Temple Is Begun — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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