Haggai 2:3

Modern English Version

Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not, in your eyes, as nothing in comparison?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 22:5

Now David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all the lands. Therefore I will make preparation for it now.” So David made extensive preparations before his death.

Ezra 3:11

They sang responsively, praising and giving thanks unto the Lord, “For He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel.” And all the people responded with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.

Ezra 3:12

Now many of the older Levitical priests and chiefs of the fathers’ households, who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice, as the foundation of this temple was laid before their eyes. Yet many others shouted exuberantly for joy,

Isaiah 64:10

Your holy cities are a wilderness; Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Ezekiel 7:20

They transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride, and made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them.

Haggai 2:9

The glory of this latter house will be greater than the former, says the Lord of Hosts. And in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of Hosts.