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In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

second: Haggai 2:1, Haggai 2:10, Haggai 2:20, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:1, Ezra 5:2, Zechariah 1:1
the sixth: Elul the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of September.
by Haggai: Heb. by the hand of Haggai, Exodus 4:13, 1 Kings 14:18, 2 Kings 14:25, Ezra 6:14
unto: Haggai 1:12, Haggai 1:14, Haggai 2:2, Haggai 2:4, Haggai 2:21-23, 1 Chronicles 3:17, 1 Chronicles 3:19, Salathiel, Ezra 2:2, Ezra 3:2, Ezra 3:8, Ezra 4:2, Ezra 5:2, Nehemiah 7:7, Zechariah 4:6-10, Matthew 1:12, Matthew 1:13, Zorobabel, Salathiel, Luke 3:27
governor: or, captain, Ezra 1:8, Ezra 2:63, Nehemiah 5:14, Nehemiah 8:9
Joshua: Ezra 2:2, Ezra 3:8, Ezra 5:2, Nehemiah 12:1, Nehemiah 12:10
Josedech: 1 Chronicles 6:14, 1 Chronicles 6:15, Jehozadak
Reciprocal: Ezra 5:14 - whom Ezra 10:18 - Jeshua Nehemiah 12:7 - of Jeshua Haggai 1:15 - General Zechariah 3:1 - Joshua Zechariah 4:12 - through Zechariah 4:14 - These Zechariah 6:11 - Joshua Zechariah 8:9 - the prophets Malachi 1:1 - by

2.

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.

This: Numbers 13:31, Ezra 4:23, Ezra 4:24, Ezra 5:1, Ezra 5:2, Nehemiah 4:10, Proverbs 22:13, Proverbs 26:13-16, Proverbs 29:25, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Ecclesiastes 11:4, Song of Solomon 5:2, Song of Solomon 5:3
Reciprocal: Haggai 1:8 - and build Matthew 6:33 - seek Matthew 8:21 - suffer Matthew 25:18 - and hid Matthew 26:8 - To Luke 9:59 - suffer Acts 24:25 - when

3.

Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

by Haggai: Ezra 5:1, Zechariah 1:1

4.

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

to: 2 Samuel 7:2, Psalms 132:3-5, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 2:21
and: Psalms 74:7, Psalms 102:14, Jeremiah 26:6, Jeremiah 26:18, Jeremiah 52:13, Lamentations 2:7, Lamentations 4:1, Ezekiel 24:21, Daniel 9:17, Daniel 9:18, Daniel 9:26, Daniel 9:27, Micah 3:12, Matthew 24:1, Matthew 24:2
Reciprocal: Exodus 23:2 - to decline Leviticus 19:25 - General Deuteronomy 8:12 - and hast built 2 Kings 7:9 - they said one 1 Chronicles 17:1 - I dwell Nehemiah 7:4 - the houses Proverbs 3:9 - General Jeremiah 22:14 - ceiled with cedar Ezekiel 41:16 - ceiled with wood Haggai 1:9 - Because Haggai 2:14 - So is this people

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Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

thus: Haggai 1:7, Haggai 2:15-18, Lamentations 3:40, Ezekiel 18:28, Luke 15:17, 2 Corinthians 13:5, Galatians 6:4
Consider your ways: Heb. Set your heart on your ways, Exodus 7:23, Exodus 9:21,*marg. Psalms 48:13, *marg. Ezekiel 40:4, Daniel 6:14, Daniel 10:12
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 7:9 - they said one 1 Chronicles 22:19 - set your 2 Chronicles 11:16 - set Psalms 50:22 - consider Psalms 107:37 - which may Psalms 119:59 - thought Proverbs 4:26 - Ponder Proverbs 21:29 - he directeth Ecclesiastes 7:2 - living Ecclesiastes 7:14 - but Isaiah 44:19 - considereth in his heart Isaiah 46:8 - bring Jeremiah 8:6 - saying Jeremiah 31:21 - set thine Ezekiel 18:14 - considereth Micah 6:9 - hear 1 Corinthians 11:28 - let a Hebrews 3:1 - consider

6.

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

have: Haggai 1:9, Haggai 2:16, Leviticus 26:20, Deuteronomy 28:38-40, 2 Samuel 21:1, Psalms 107:34, Isaiah 5:10, Jeremiah 14:4, Hosea 4:10, Hosea 8:7, Joel 1:10-13, Amos 4:6-9, Micah 6:14, Micah 6:15, Zechariah 8:10, Malachi 2:2, Malachi 3:9-11
eat: Leviticus 26:26, 1 Kings 17:12, Job 20:22, Jeremiah 44:18, Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 4:17
with holes: Heb. pierced through, Job 20:28, Zechariah 5:4
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:16 - and ye shall Deuteronomy 11:15 - eat and be full Deuteronomy 28:17 - General Psalms 107:37 - which may Psalms 132:15 - bless her provision Proverbs 11:24 - but Ecclesiastes 11:6 - thou knowest Isaiah 65:23 - shall Jeremiah 12:13 - sown Daniel 1:15 - their Hosea 2:9 - take Amos 4:8 - but Amos 5:11 - ye have built Matthew 14:20 - were Luke 12:33 - provide

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Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:5, Psalms 119:59, Psalms 119:60, Isaiah 28:10, Philippians 3:1
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:47 - Yet if they Proverbs 4:26 - Ponder Proverbs 21:29 - he directeth Isaiah 46:8 - bring Jeremiah 8:6 - saying Ezekiel 18:14 - considereth Haggai 2:15 - consider 1 Corinthians 11:28 - let a 2 Corinthians 13:5 - Examine

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Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

to: 2 Chronicles 2:8-10, Ezra 3:7, Ezra 6:4, Zechariah 11:1, Zechariah 11:2
and build: Haggai 1:2-4, Jonah 3:1, Jonah 3:2, Matthew 3:8, Matthew 3:9
and I will take: 1 Kings 9:3, 2 Chronicles 7:16, Psalms 87:2, Psalms 87:3, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14
I will be: Haggai 2:7, Exodus 29:43, Isaiah 60:7, Isaiah 60:13, Isaiah 66:11, John 13:31, John 13:32
Reciprocal: Ezra 6:14 - according Isaiah 46:13 - Israel John 15:8 - is Acts 12:20 - because

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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.

Ye looked: They had used all proper means in the cultivation of their lands, and had "sown much;" but when they rationally entertained the most sanguine expectations of a large increase, they were strangely disappointed; and even what they had brought home was unaccountably wasted, as if the Lord had "blown upon it," and driven it away! And the reason was, because they neglected the temple, and left it in ruins, whilst they eagerly employed themselves in building and decorating their own houses; therefore they were visited by drought and famine, and by various diseases on man and beast. Haggai 1:6, Haggai 2:16, Haggai 2:17, Isaiah 17:10, Isaiah 17:11, Malachi 3:8-11
blow upon it: or, blow it away, 2 Samuel 22:16, 2 Kings 19:7, Isaiah 40:7, Malachi 2:2
Why: Job 10:2, Psalms 77:5-10
Because: Haggai 1:4, Joshua 7:10-15, 2 Samuel 21:1, Matthew 10:37, Matthew 10:38, 1 Corinthians 11:30-32, Revelation 2:4, Revelation 3:19
Reciprocal: Leviticus 19:25 - General Leviticus 26:20 - for your land Deuteronomy 11:17 - shut up Deuteronomy 16:16 - and they shall Deuteronomy 28:16 - in the field 1 Chronicles 17:1 - I dwell Ezra 9:9 - to set up Psalms 132:15 - bless her provision Proverbs 11:24 - but Ecclesiastes 5:6 - destroy Ecclesiastes 5:14 - those Isaiah 5:10 - one Isaiah 40:24 - he shall also Ezekiel 21:31 - I will blow Daniel 1:15 - their Hosea 9:2 - floor

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Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

Leviticus 26:19, Deuteronomy 28:23, Deuteronomy 28:24, 1 Kings 8:35, 1 Kings 17:1, Jeremiah 14:1-6, Hosea 2:9, Joel 1:18-20
Reciprocal: Psalms 105:16 - Moreover Psalms 107:37 - which may Amos 4:7 - I have Zechariah 8:12 - the heavens

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And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

I called: Deuteronomy 28:22, 1 Kings 17:1, 2 Kings 8:1, Job 34:29, Lamentations 1:21, Amos 5:8, Amos 7:4, Amos 9:6
upon all: Haggai 2:17
Reciprocal: Psalms 105:16 - Moreover Psalms 107:37 - which may Isaiah 19:15 - General Jeremiah 3:3 - the showers Jeremiah 8:13 - there Joel 1:10 - the new Amos 4:7 - I have

12.

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

Zerubbabel: Haggai 1:14, Ezra 5:2, Isaiah 55:10, Isaiah 55:11, Colossians 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 1 Thessalonians 1:6, 1 Thessalonians 2:13, 1 Thessalonians 2:14
fear: Genesis 22:12, Psalms 112:1, Proverbs 1:7, Ecclesiastes 12:13, Isaiah 50:10, Acts 9:31, Hebrews 12:28
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:19 - Zerubbabel 1 Chronicles 6:15 - Jehozadak Ezra 2:2 - Zerubbabel Ezra 3:2 - Jeshua Ezra 5:16 - laid Ezra 6:14 - through Nehemiah 12:1 - Zerubbabel Zephaniah 2:7 - the remnant Zechariah 3:1 - Joshua Zechariah 8:9 - the prophets Matthew 1:12 - and

13.

Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

the Lord's: Judges 2:1, *marg. Isaiah 42:19, Isaiah 44:26, Ezekiel 3:17, Malachi 2:7, Malachi 3:1, 2 Corinthians 5:20
I am: Haggai 2:4, 2 Chronicles 15:2, 2 Chronicles 20:17, 2 Chronicles 32:8, Psalms 46:7, Psalms 46:11, Isaiah 8:8-10, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 43:2, Jeremiah 15:20, Jeremiah 20:11, Jeremiah 30:11, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:20, Acts 18:9, Acts 18:10, Romans 8:31, 2 Timothy 4:17, 2 Timothy 4:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 38:10 - displeased Nehemiah 2:18 - So they strengthened Job 33:23 - a messenger

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And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

stirred: 1 Chronicles 5:26, 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1, Ezra 1:5, Ezra 7:27, Ezra 7:28, Psalms 110:3, 1 Corinthians 12:4-11, 2 Corinthians 8:16, Hebrews 13:21
governor of: Haggai 1:1, Haggai 2:21
and they: Ezra 5:2, Ezra 5:8, Nehemiah 4:6, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Philippians 2:12, Philippians 2:13
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 6:15 - Jehozadak Ezra 1:8 - Sheshbazzar Ezra 2:2 - Zerubbabel Ezra 3:2 - Jeshua Ezra 5:14 - whom Nehemiah 2:18 - So they strengthened Nehemiah 12:1 - Zerubbabel Ecclesiastes 4:9 - are Haggai 1:12 - Zerubbabel Haggai 2:18 - even Zechariah 1:16 - my house Zechariah 6:11 - Joshua Matthew 1:12 - and 2 Peter 1:13 - to stir

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In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

Haggai 1:1, Haggai 2:1, Haggai 2:10, Haggai 2:20
Reciprocal: Ezra 4:24 - Darius Haggai 2:18 - even Zechariah 1:1 - the eighth