Haggai 1
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In a the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by b Haggai the prophet to c Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to d Joshua the son of e Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
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"Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying: 'This people says, "The time has not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built." ' "
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Then the word of the LORD f came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
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"Is it g time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple to lie in ruins?"
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Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts: h "Consider your ways!
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"You have i sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And j he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes."
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Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider your ways!
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"Go up to the k mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified," says the LORD.
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l "You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, m I blew it away. Why?" says the LORD of hosts. "Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house.
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"Therefore n the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
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"For I o called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on p all the labor of your hands."
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q Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, 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 feared the presence of the LORD.
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Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, spoke the LORD's message to the people, saying, r "I am with you, says the LORD."
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So s the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, t governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; u and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
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on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
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Cross References
Ezra 4:24
Thus the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem ceased, and it was discontinued until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Haggai 2:10
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying.
Zechariah 1:1
In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying.
Zechariah 1:7
On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month She-bat', in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet:
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Cross References
Ezra 5:1
Then the prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
Ezra 6:14
So the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the command of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 3:19
The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei....
Ezra 2:2
Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Neh...
Nehemiah 7:7
Those who came with Zerubbabel were Jeshua, Neh...
Zechariah 4:6
So he answered and said to me: "This is the wor...
Matthew 1:12
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jeconia...
Matthew 1:13
Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, an...
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Cross References
Ezra 5:2
So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
Ezra 5:3
At the same time Tattenai the governor of the region beyond the River and ShetharBoz'nai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: "Who has commanded you to build this temple and finish this wall?
Zechariah 6:11
Take the silver and gold, make an elaborate crown, and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.
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Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:15
Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
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Cross References
Ezra 5:1
Then the prophet Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophets, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.
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Cross References
2 Samuel 7:2
That the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.
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Cross References
Lamentations 3:40
Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:38 - 40
You shall carry much seed out to the field but ...
Hosea 8:7
They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The ...
Haggai 1:9
You looked for much, but indeed it came to litt...
Haggai 1:10
Therefore the heavens above you withhold the de...
Haggai 2:16
Since those days, when one came to a heap of tw...
Haggai 2:17
I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in...
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Cross References
Zechariah 8:10
For before these days There were no wages for man nor any hire for beast; There was no peace from the enemy for whoever went out or came in; For I set all men, everyone, against his neighbor.
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Cross References
Ezra 3:7
They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
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Cross References
Haggai 2:16
Since those days, when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but twenty.
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Cross References
Haggai 2:17
I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me,' says the LORD.
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Cross References
Leviticus 26:19
I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
Deuteronomy 28:23
And your heavens which are over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you shall be iron.
1 Kings 8:35
When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them.
Joel 1:18 - 20
How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are restless, Because they have no pasture; Even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.
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Cross References
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, " As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.
2 Kings 8:1
Then Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go, you and your household, and stay wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a famine, and furthermore, it will come upon the land for seven years.
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Cross References
Haggai 2:17
I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me,' says the LORD.
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Cross References
Ezra 5:2
So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
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Cross References
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:22
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying.
Ezra 1:1
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying.
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Cross References
Haggai 2:21
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying: 'I will shake heaven and earth.
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Cross References
Ezra 5:2
So Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.
Ezra 5:8
Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the temple of the great God, which is being built with heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands.
Nehemiah 4:6
So we built the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height, for the people had a mind to work.
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