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Haggai 1:4 Cross-References
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“Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?”
Haggai 1:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Haggai 1:4
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Through the prophet Haggai, God confronts the returned exiles with a penetrating rhetorical question exposing their misplaced priorities. The contrast is stark: they live in "cieled houses" (בָּתִּים סְפוּנִים/batim sephunim)—paneled, decorated, finished homes—while God's house lies in ruins. The Hebrew participle "cieled" (סְפוּנִים/sephunim) indicates houses with expensive wooden paneling, a luxury in ancient Israel where wood was scarce and costly."Is it time for you" (הַעֵת לָכֶם/ha'et lakhem) questions the...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Haggai 1:4
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“See now”
“not the things of Jesus Christ.”
“Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.,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., פָּנֹה אֶל־הַרְבֵּה וְהִנֵּה לִמְעָט וַהֲבֵאתֶם הַבַּיִת וְנָפַחְתִּי בוֹ יַעַן מֶה נְאֻם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת יַעַן בֵּיתִי אֲשֶׁר־הוּא חָרֵב וְאַתֶּם רָצִים אִישׁ לְבֵיתוֹ׃ ,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 My house that lieth waste, while ye run every man for his own house.,ἐπεβλέψατε εἰς πολλά καὶ ἐγένετο ὀλίγα καὶ εἰσηνέχθη εἰς τὸν οἶκον καὶ ἐξεφύσησα αὐτά διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ ἀνθ' ὧν ὁ οἶκός μού ἐστιν ἔρημος ὑμεῖς δὲ διώκετε ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ,Ye looked for much, and there came little; and it was brought into the house, and I blew it away. Therefore thus saith the Lord Almighty, Because my house is desolate, and ye run everyone into his own house;,,,,”
“and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.”
“How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.”
“and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem”
“and Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble”
“our God”
“about which you say”