Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why are you not repairing the breaks of the house? And now take no silver from those you know, but deliver it for the breaks of the house.
Haggai 1:2 - Modern King James Version So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people says, The time has not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say, The time is not yet come that the Lord's house should be rebuilt [although Cyrus had ordered it done eighteen years before]. [Ezra 1:1-6; 4:1-6, 24; 5:1-3.] American Standard Version (1901) Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for Jehovah’s house to be built. Common English Bible This is what the LORD of heavenly forces says: These people say, “The time hasn’t come, the time to rebuild the LORD’s house.” Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: This people claims that the time has not yet arrived for building the house of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: This people saith: The time is not yet come for building the house of the Lord. |
Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the priests, and said to them, Why are you not repairing the breaks of the house? And now take no silver from those you know, but deliver it for the breaks of the house.
And when the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they hurried to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them stop by force and power.
And Judah said, The strength of the carriers of burdens is weakening, and there is much rubbish, so that we are not able to build the wall.
The lazy one says, There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.
The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Jehovah shall be safe.
He who watches the wind shall not sow; and he who pays attention to the clouds shall not reap.
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave where you go.
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Jehovah 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,
But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.