Haggai 2:3

Bible in Basic English 1965

Who is there still among you who saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:5

And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

Ezra 3:11

And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.

Ezra 3:12

But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.

Ezekiel 7:20

As for their beautiful ornament, they had put it on high, and had made the images of their disgusting and hated things in it: for this cause I have made it an unclean thing to them.

Haggai 2:9

The second glory of this house will be greater than the first, says the Lord of armies: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of armies.