For a ten-acre vineyard will yield only 22 litres of wine, and 220 litres of seed will yield only 22 litres of grain.
Haggai 2:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of twenty measures, it only amounted to ten; when one came to the winepress to dip fifty measures from the vat, it only amounted to twenty. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Through all that time [the harvests have not fulfilled expectations, for] when one has gone expecting to find a heap [of sheaves] of twenty measures, there were but ten; when he has gone to the wine vat to draw out fifty bucketfuls from the press, there were only twenty. American Standard Version (1901) Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty. Common English Bible when one came to the granary for twenty measures, there were only ten; and when one came to the wine vat for fifty measures, there were only twenty. Catholic Public Domain Version And now, consider in your hearts, from this day and beyond, before stone may be placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord. |
For a ten-acre vineyard will yield only 22 litres of wine, and 220 litres of seed will yield only 22 litres of grain.
Gladness and celebration are taken from the fertile field and from the land of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the winepresses; no one will tread with shouts of joy. The shouting is not a shout of joy.
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be happy. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.’
‘Now from this day on, think carefully: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord’s temple,
I struck you #– #all the work of your hands #– #with blight, mildew, and hail, but you didn’t turn to me #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.
If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honour my name,’ says the Lord of Armies, ‘I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.