Haggai 1:9-11
“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.”
King James Version · the opening — all 3 verses are below
God blowing away Israel's harvest for neglecting the temple, a call to prioritize God's house.
Read the whole passage — all 3 verses (KJV)
1:9Ye 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.
1:10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
1:11And 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.
Fulfillment References
Haggai 1:6-11 Malachi 3:10 Matthew 6:33
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