Haggai 1
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Haggai 1:4-9

4Is it timeH6256 for you, O ye, to dwellH3427 in your cieledH5603 housesH1004, and this houseH1004 lie wasteH2720? 5Now therefore thus saithH559 YhwhH3068 of ArmiesH6635; ConsiderH3824H7760 your waysH1870.1 6Ye have sownH2232 muchH7235, and bringH935 in littleH4592; ye eatH398, but ye have not enoughH7654; ye drinkH8354, but ye are not filled with drinkH7937; ye clotheH3847 you, but there is none warmH2527; and he that earneth wagesH7936 earneth wagesH7936 to put it into a bagH6872 with holesH5344.2

7Thus saithH559 YhwhH3068 of ArmiesH6635; ConsiderH3824H7760 your waysH1870.3 8Go upH5927 to the mountainH2022, and bringH935 woodH6086, and buildH1129 the houseH1004; and I will take pleasureH7521 in it, and I will be glorifiedH3513, saithH559 YhwhH3068. 9Ye lookedH6437 for muchH7235, and, lo, it came to littleH4592; and when ye broughtH935 it homeH1004, I did blowH5301 upon it. Why? saithH5002 YhwhH3068 of ArmiesH6635. BecauseH3282 of mine houseH1004 that is wasteH2720, and ye runH7323 every manH376 unto his own houseH1004.4

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Notes

  1. 1. Haggai 1:5 Consider…: Heb. Set your heart on your ways. ↩
  2. 2. Haggai 1:6 with holes: Heb. pierced through. ↩
  3. 3. Haggai 1:7 Consider…: Heb. Set your heart on your ways. ↩
  4. 4. Haggai 1:9 blow…: or, blow it away. ↩

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