Verse 9
Haggai 1:9
Free Bible Version
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You were hoping for so much, but look, it turned out to be so little. Everything you brought home I blew away. And why was that? Because my house remains a ruin while you are preoccupied with building your own houses, declares the Lord Almighty.
Original Language Text
hebrew
פָּנֹ֤ה אֶל הַרְבֵּה֙ וְ/הִנֵּ֣ה לִ/מְעָ֔ט וַ/הֲבֵאתֶ֥ם הַ/בַּ֖יִת וְ/נָפַ֣חְתִּי ב֑/וֹ יַ֣עַן מֶ֗ה נְאֻם֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת יַ֗עַן בֵּיתִ/י֙ אֲשֶׁר ה֣וּא חָרֵ֔ב וְ/אַתֶּ֥ם רָצִ֖ים אִ֥ישׁ לְ/בֵיתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
"Turn to the many, and behold, I will bring the house, and I will blow into it, says the Lord of Hosts, because my house, which is desolate, and you are eager, each man to his own house."
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