There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, It is for Sha'ul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Giv`onim.
Haggai 1:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) *You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?* says the LORD of Armies, *Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You looked for much [harvest], and behold, it came to little; and even when you brought that home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of My house, which lies waste while you yourselves run each man to his own house [eager to build and adorn it]. American Standard Version (1901) Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house. Common English Bible You expect a surplus, but look how it shrinks. You bring it home, and I blow it away, says the LORD of heavenly forces, because my house lies in ruins. But all of you hurry to your own houses. Catholic Public Domain Version You have looked for more, and behold, it became less, and you brought it home, and I blew it away. What is the cause of this, says the Lord of hosts? It is because my house is desolate, yet you have hurried, each one to his own house. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts? because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own house. |
There was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the LORD. The LORD said, It is for Sha'ul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Giv`onim.
Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
I will tell God, 'Do not condemn me. Show me why you contend with me.
There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
She'ol and Avaddon are never satisfied; and a man's eyes are never satisfied.
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
The grass withers, the flower fades, because the LORD's breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.
For ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and a homer of seed shall yield an efah. *
They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and you shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy.
In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am the LORD your God.
*Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don't have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.*
If you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,* says the LORD of Armies, *then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.
You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather little in; for the arbeh shall consume it.
As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.