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Haggai 1:9 KJV
Haggai · chapter 1 · verse 9 · King James Version
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.Haggai 1:9 · King James Version
Haggai 1:9 in context
7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
8Go 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.
9Ye 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.
10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11And 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.
Key words (Strong's)
- broughtbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- lookedpânâhto turnH6437 →
- littlemᵉʻaṭa little or fewH4592 →
- saithnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- wastechârêbparched or ruinedH2720 →
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