Haggai 1:4

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“You people think the right time has come for you to live in nice houses. You live in houses with beautiful wooden paneling on the walls, but the Lord’s house is still in ruins.

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:2

King David said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a fancy house made of cedar wood, but God’s Holy Box is still kept in a tent!”

Philippians 2:21

Others are interested only in their own lives. They don’t care about the work of Christ Jesus.

Haggai 1:9

The Lord All-Powerful said, “You people look for a big harvest, but when you go to gather the crop, there is only a little grain. So you bring that grain home, and then I send a wind that blows it all away. Why is this happening? Because my house is still in ruins while each of you runs home to take care of your own house.

Matthew 6:33

What you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing what he wants you to do. Then he will give you all these other things you need.

Jeremiah 52:13

Nebuzaradan burned the Lord’s Temple, the king’s palace, and every important building in Jerusalem, as well as all the houses.

Micah 3:12

Leaders, because of you, Zion will be destroyed. It will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks. Temple Mount will be an empty hill overgrown with bushes.

Lamentations 4:1

See how the gold has grown dark, how the pure gold has changed. There are jewels scattered all around at every street corner.

Lamentations 2:7

He rejected his altar, and he left his holy place of worship. He let the enemy pull down the walls of the palaces of Jerusalem. The enemy shouted with joy in the Lord’s Temple. They made noise as though it were a festival.

Jeremiah 33:12

The Lord All-Powerful says, “This place is empty now. There are no people or animals living here. But there will be people in all the towns of Judah. There will be shepherds, and there will be pastures where they will let their flocks rest.

Jeremiah 33:10

“This is what the Lord says: ‘You people say that your country is an empty desert. There are no people or animals living there.’ It is now quiet in the streets of Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah. But it will be noisy there soon.

Jeremiah 26:18

They said, “Micah the prophet was from the city of Moresheth. He was a prophet during the time that Hezekiah was king of Judah. Micah said this to all the people of Judah: ‘This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: Zion will be destroyed. It will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rocks. Temple Mount will be an empty hill overgrown with bushes.’ Micah 3:12

Jeremiah 26:6

If you don’t obey me, I will make my Temple in Jerusalem just like my Holy Tent at Shiloh. People all over the world will think of Jerusalem when they ask for bad things to happen to other cities.’”

Psalm 102:14

Your servants love her stones. They love even the dust of that city!

Psalm 74:7

They burned down your Holy Place. It was built to honor your name, but they pulled it down to the ground.

Ezekiel 24:21

to speak to the family of Israel. The Lord GOD said, ‘Look, I will destroy my holy place. You are proud of that place and sing songs of praise about it. You love to see it. You really love that place. But I will destroy it, and your children that you left behind will be killed in battle.

Jeremiah 22:14

“Jehoiakim says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with huge rooms upstairs.’ So he built it with large windows. He used cedar wood for paneling, and he painted it red.

Haggai 1:3

Again Haggai received a message from the Lord. Haggai spoke this message:

Haggai 1:5

Now the Lord All-Powerful says, ‘Think about what is happening.

Leviticus 19:25

Then, in the fifth year, you can eat the fruit from that tree. And the tree will produce more and more fruit for you. I am the Lord your God.

2 Kings 5:26

Elisha said to him, “That is not true! My heart was with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you. This is not the time to take money, clothes, olives, grapes, sheep, cattle, or men and women servants.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

There is a time to kill and a time to heal. There is a time to destroy and a time to build.