Haggai 1:2

English Standard Version 2016

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”

Cross References

Ezra 4:23

Then, when the copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their associates, they went in haste to the Jews at Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.

Nehemiah 4:10

In Judah it was said, “The strength of those who bear the burdens is failing. There is too much rubble. By ourselves we will not be able to rebuild the wall.”

Ecclesiastes 11:4

He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Numbers 13:31

Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.”

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”

Haggai 1:1

In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:

Haggai 1:3

Then the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet,

2 Kings 12:7

Therefore King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why are you not repairing the house? Now therefore take no more money from your donors, but hand it over for the repair of the house.”

Ecclesiastes 3:3

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;