Verse 4

Haggai 1:4

Bible in Basic English

4 Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַ/עֵ֤ת לָ/כֶם֙ אַתֶּ֔ם לָ/שֶׁ֖בֶת בְּ/בָתֵּי/כֶ֣ם סְפוּנִ֑ים וְ/הַ/בַּ֥יִת הַ/זֶּ֖ה חָרֵֽב
English Translation
The time has come for you to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate.
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Chapter 1 Context
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the w... Focus ↗
2 These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the... Focus ↗
3 Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, Focus ↗
4 Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?
5 For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways. Focus ↗
6 Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but ar... Focus ↗
7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways. Focus ↗
8 Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured... Focus ↗
9 You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it awa... Focus ↗
10 For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit. Focus ↗
11 And by my order no rain came on the land or on the mountains or the grain or the wine or the oil or... Focus ↗
12 Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all th... Focus ↗
13 Then Haggai, whom the Lord had sent to give his words to the people, said, I am with you, says the L... Focus ↗
14 And the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, was moved by the Lord, as was th... Focus ↗
15 On the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Haggai
Chapter
Chapter 1 (15 verses)
Version
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