that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
Haggai 1:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieled houses, while this house lieth waste? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins? American Standard Version (1901) Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste? Common English Bible Is it time for you to dwell in your own paneled houses while this house lies in ruins? Catholic Public Domain Version Is it time for you to dwell in paneled houses, while this house is deserted? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate? |
that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and menservants and maidservants?
For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.
They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling place of thy name even to the ground.
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
that saith, I will build me a wide house and spacious chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Micaiah the Morashtite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
Thus saith the LORD: Yet again there shall be heard in this place, whereof ye say, It is waste, without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
and he burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned he with fire.
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces: they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the top of every street.
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.
And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
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 lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.