Haggai 1:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Thus says the Lord of hosts: This people has said: “Now is not the time to rebuild the house of the Lord.”

Cross References

2 Kings 12:7

Nevertheless, as late as the twenty-third year of the reign of King Joash, the priests had not made needed repairs on the temple.

Ezra 4:23

As soon as a copy of King Artaxerxes’ letter had been read before Rehum, the governor, Shimshai, the scribe, and their fellow officials, they immediately went to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped their work by force of arms.

Nehemiah 4:10

From that time on, however, only half my work force took a hand in the work, while the other half, armed with spears, bucklers, bows, and breastplates, stood guard behind the whole house of Judah

Proverbs 22:13

The sluggard says, “A lion is outside; I might be slain in the street.”

Proverbs 29:25

Fear of others becomes a snare, but the one who trusts in the Lord is safe.

Ecclesiastes 11:4

One who pays heed to the wind will never sow, and one who watches the clouds will never reap.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, and a time to build.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Anything you can turn your hand to, do with what power you have; for there will be no work, no planning, no knowledge, no wisdom in Sheol where you are going. The Time of Misfortune Is Not Known.

Haggai 1:1

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

Haggai 1:3

Then the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet:

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We cannot attack these people; they are too strong for us.”