Haggai 1:2

Modern English Version

Thus says the Lord of Hosts: These people say, The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.

Cross References

2 Kings 12:7

Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, “Why have you not repaired the damages to the house? So now money will no longer be taken from your donors. You will give it over for the damages to the house.”

Ezra 4:23

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

Nehemiah 4:10

Judah had said, “The strength of the burden bearers is failing though there is much rubble. And we ourselves are unable to rebuild the wall.”

Proverbs 22:13

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

Proverbs 29:25

The fear of man brings a snare, but he who trusts in the Lord will be safe.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

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

Ecclesiastes 3:3

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

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever your hands find to do, do with your strength; for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.

Haggai 1:1

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

Haggai 1:3

Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying:

Numbers 13:31

But the men that went up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people because they are stronger than we.”