Haggai 1:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your panelled houses,  while this house  lies in ruins? ’

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:2

the king said to the prophet Nathan,  ‘Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.’

Philippians 2:21

all seek their own interests,  not those of Jesus Christ.

Haggai 1:9

‘You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined  it. Why? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. ‘Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Matthew 6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God   , and his righteousness,   and all these things will be provided for you.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.

Micah 3:12

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.

Lamentations 4:1

How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple  lie scattered at the head of every street.

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord has rejected his altar, repudiated his sanctuary; he has handed the walls of her palaces over to the enemy. They have raised a shout in the house of the  Lord as on the day of an appointed festival.

Jeremiah 33:12

‘This is what the Lord of Armies says: In this desolate place #– #without people or animals #– #and in all its cities there will once more be a grazing land where shepherds may rest flocks.

Jeremiah 33:10

‘This is what the Lord says: In this place, which you say is a ruin,  without people or animals #– #that is, in Judah’s cities and Jerusalem’s streets that are a desolation without people, without inhabitants, and without animals #– #there will be heard again

Jeremiah 26:18

‘Micah the Moreshite  prophesied in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah  and said to all the people of Judah, “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.”

Jeremiah 26:6

I will make this temple like Shiloh.  I will make this city an example for cursing for all the nations of the earth.” ’

Ezekiel 24:21

Say to the house of Israel, “This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

Jeremiah 22:14

who says, ‘I will build myself a massive palace, with spacious upstairs rooms.’ He will cut windows  in it, and it will be panelled with cedar and painted bright red.

Haggai 1:3

The word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:

Haggai 1:5

Now, the Lord of Armies says this: ‘Think carefully  about  your ways:

Leviticus 19:25

But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way its yield will increase for you;  I am the Lord your God.

2 Kings 5:26

‘And my heart didn’t go  , when the man got down from his chariot to meet you,’ Elisha said. ‘Is this a time to accept silver and clothing, olive orchards and vineyards, flocks and herds, and male and female slaves?

Ecclesiastes 3:3

a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build;