Verse 2

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: These people say, 'The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.'

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 4:10 : 10 From that day on, half of my servants worked on construction, while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The leaders stood behind all the people of Judah.
  • Num 13:31 : 31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We cannot attack these people, for they are stronger than we are."
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
  • Song 5:2-3 : 2 I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. I heard the sound of my beloved knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is drenched with dew and my hair with the dampness of the night." 3 I have taken off my tunic; how can I put it back on? I have washed my feet; how can I dirty them again?
  • Eccl 11:4 : 4 Whoever watches the wind will not sow, and whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.
  • Ezra 4:23-5:2 : 23 As soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they quickly went to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force and power. 24 Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a halt, and it remained stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius, king of Persia. 1 Then Haggai the prophet and Zechariah, son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. 2 Then Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, son of Jozadak, arose and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem, and the prophets of God were with them, supporting them.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The lazy person says, 'There's a lion outside! I might be killed in the streets!'
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The lazy person says, 'There is a lion in the road, a lion in the streets!' 14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a lazy person turns on their bed. 15 The lazy person buries their hand in the dish and is too weary to bring it back to their mouth. 16 The lazy person is wiser in their own eyes than seven people who answer sensibly.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD will be kept safe.