Haggai 1:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins.

Cross References

2 Samuel 21:1

While David was king, there were three years in a row when the nation of Israel could not grow enough food. So David asked the LORD for help, and the LORD answered, “Saul and his family are guilty of murder, because he had the Gibeonites killed.”

2 Samuel 22:16

You roared at the sea, and its deepest channels could be seen. You snorted, and the earth shook to its foundations.

2 Kings 19:7

I will upset him with rumours about what's happening in his own country. He will go back, and there I will make him die a violent death.

Job 10:2

Don't just condemn me! Point out my sin.

Proverbs 11:24

Sometimes you can become rich by being generous or poor by being greedy.

Proverbs 27:20

Death and the grave are never satisfied, and neither are we.

Ecclesiastes 1:8

All of life is far more boring than words could ever say. Our eyes and our ears are never satisfied with what we see and hear.

Isaiah 40:7

At the LORD's command, flowers and grass disappear, and so do we.

Isaiah 5:10

Four hectares of grapevines will produce only twenty-seven litres of juice, and a hundred and eighty litres of seed will produce merely eighteen litres of grain.

Jeremiah 12:13

My people, you planted wheat, but because I was furious, I let only weeds grow. You wore yourselves out for nothing!

Ezekiel 21:31

My furious anger will scorch you like fire, and I will hand you over to cruel men who are experts in killing.

Leviticus 19:25

to me, the LORD God. Do this, and in the fifth year, those trees will produce an abundant harvest of fruit for you to eat.

Haggai 1:6

You harvest less than you plant, you never have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and your wages are stored in bags full of holes.

Malachi 2:2

You had better take seriously the need to honour my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.

Deuteronomy 28:38

You will plant a lot of seed, but gather a small harvest, because locusts will eat your crops.

Revelation 2:4

But I do have something against you! And it is this: you don't have as much love as you used to.

Revelation 3:19

I correct and punish everyone I love. So make up your minds to turn away from your sins.