Haggai 1:4

Haggai 1:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
• New International Version (NIV)“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?”

Context of Haggai 1:4

2“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘These people say, “The time has not come that the Lord’s house (temple) should be rebuilt.” ’ ” 3Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, “Is it time for you yourselves to live in your [expensive] paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins?” 5Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider your ways and thoughtfully reflect on your conduct! 6You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].”

Haggai 1:4 word by word

הַעֵ֤ת לָכֶם֙ אַתֶּ֔ם לָשֶׁ֖בֶת בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣ם סְפוּנִ֑ים וְהַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה חָרֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• timeעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• for you, O ye, to dwellיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• in your cieledסָפַןsâphan · to coverH5603
• housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• wasteחָרֵבchârêb · desolateH2720

Cross-references for Haggai 1:4

• 2 Samuel 7:2the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains.”
• Psalms 132:3“I absolutely will not enter my house, Nor get into my bed—
• Matthew 6:33But first and most importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God], and all these things will be given to you also.
• Philippians 2:21For the others [who deserted me after my arrest] all seek [to advance] their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
• Psalms 74:7They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have profaned the dwelling place of Your name.
• Psalms 102:14For Your servants find [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins] And feel pity for her dust.
• Jeremiah 26:6then I will make this house [the temple] like Shiloh, and I will make this city [subject to] the curse of all nations of the earth [because it will be so vile in their sight].” ’ ”
• Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the house of the Lord and the king’s palace and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house or important structure he set on fire.
• Lamentations 2:7The Lord has rejected His altar; He has abandoned His sanctuary. He has given into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces; They have made a noise in the house of the Lord As on a day of an appointed feast.
• Lamentations 4:1How dark and dim the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones [of the temple] are poured out and scattered At the head of every street.
• Ezekiel 24:21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I will profane My sanctuary, the pride of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind [in Jerusalem] will fall by the sword.
• Daniel 9:17Now therefore, our God, listen to (heed) the prayer of Your servant (Daniel) and his supplications, and for Your own sake let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.
• Micah 3:12Therefore, on account of you Zion shall be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.
• Matthew 24:1Jesus left the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to the [magnificent and massive] buildings of the temple.

Commentaries on Haggai 1:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Is it time for you - If the time be not come to rebuild the temple, it cannot be come for you to build yourselves comfortable houses: but ye are rebuilding your houses; why then do ye not rebuild the house of the Lord? The foundation of the temple had been laid fourteen years before, and some considerable progress made in the building; and it had been lying waste in that unfinished state to the present time.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Is it time for you - You, being what you are, the creatures of God, “to dwell in your ceiled houses,” more emphatically, in your houses, and those “ceiled,” probably with costly woods, such as cedar. But where then was the excuse of want of means? They imitated, in their alleged poverty, what is spoken of as magnificent in their old kings, Solomon and Shallum, but not having, as Solomon first did (1 Kings 6:9, ויספן ), “covered the house of God with beams…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Is it a time for you: Rhetorical questions in prophetic literature seek agreement, not a reply (see Haggai 2:3). This question aims to prevent listeners from making excuses in response to the message. The people's luxurious (paneled) houses contrasted with God's temple, which was desolate (in ruins) and unusable.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Is it time--It is not time (Hag 1:2), ye say, to build Jehovah's house; yet how is it that ye make it a fit time not only to build, but to "dwell" at ease in your own houses? you, O ye--rather, for "you, you"; the repetition marking the shameful contrast between their concern for themselves, and their unconcern for God [Maurer]. Compare a similar repetition in 1Sa 25:24; Zec 7:5. ceiled--rather, "wainscoted," or "paneled," referring to the walls as…Read the comment

Topics related to Haggai 1:4

• Covetousness
• Lukewarmness
• Parsimony (Stinginess)
• Selfishness
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• House
• Ceiled; Ceiling
• Haggai
• Joshua (3)
• Ceiling

Commentaries on Haggai 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings