Haggai 1:4

Good News Translation

“My people, why should you be living in well-built houses while my Temple lies in ruins?

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:2

Then the king said to the prophet Nathan, “Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but God's Covenant Box is kept in a tent!”

2 Kings 5:26

But Elisha said, “Wasn't I there in spirit when the man got out of his chariot to meet you? This is no time to accept money and clothes, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and cattle, or servants!

Psalm 102:14

Your servants love her, even though she is destroyed; they have pity on her, even though she is in ruins.

Psalm 74:7

They wrecked your Temple and set it on fire; they desecrated the place where you are worshiped.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

the time for killing and the time for healing, the time for tearing down and the time for building.

Jeremiah 22:14

Doomed is the one who says, “I will build myself a mansion with spacious rooms upstairs.” So he puts windows in his house, panels it with cedar, and paints it red.

Jeremiah 26:18

“When Hezekiah was king of Judah, the prophet Micah of Moresheth told all the people that the Lord Almighty had said, ‘Zion will be plowed like a field; Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.’

Jeremiah 26:6

If you continue to disobey, then I will do to this Temple what I did to Shiloh, and all the nations of the world will use the name of this city as a curse.”

Jeremiah 33:10

The Lord said, “People are saying that this place is like a desert, that it has no people or animals living in it. And they are right; the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem are empty; no people or animals live there. But in these places you will hear again

Jeremiah 33:12

The Lord Almighty said, “In this land that is like a desert and where no people or animals live, there will once again be pastures where shepherds can take their sheep.

Jeremiah 52:13

He burned down the Temple, the palace, and the houses of all the important people in Jerusalem;

Lamentations 2:7

The Lord rejected his altar and deserted his holy Temple; He allowed the enemy to tear down its walls. They shouted in victory where once we had worshiped in joy.

Lamentations 4:1

Our glittering gold has grown dull; the stones of the Temple lie scattered in the streets.

Ezekiel 24:21

to give you Israelites this message: You are proud of the strength of the Temple. You like to look at it and to visit it, but the Lord is going to profane it. And the younger members of your families who are left in Jerusalem will be killed in war.

Leviticus 19:25

But in the fifth year you may eat the fruit. If you do all this, your trees will bear more fruit. I am the Lord your God.

Micah 3:12

And so, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a pile of ruins, and the Temple hill will become a forest.

Haggai 1:3

The Lord then gave this message to the people through the prophet Haggai:

Haggai 1:5

Don't you see what is happening to you?

Haggai 1:9

“You hoped for large harvests, but they turned out to be small. And when you brought the harvest home, I blew it away. Why did I do that? Because my Temple lies in ruins while every one of you is busy working on your own house.

Matthew 6:33

Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.

Philippians 2:21

Everyone else is concerned only with their own affairs, not with the cause of Jesus Christ.