Haggai 1:6-9

The Command to Rebuild the Temple

⁶ _j You have sown much, and harvested little. _k You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who _l earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

⁷ "Thus says the Lord of hosts: _i Consider your ways. ⁸ Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that _m I may take pleasure in it and that _n I may be glorified, says the Lord. ⁹ _j You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, _o I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house _h that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

1. Cross References
   Micah 6:15
   You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
   
2. Cross References
   Hosea 4:10
   They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply, because they have forsaken the Lord to cherish
   
3. Cross References
   Zechariah 8:10
   For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for beast, neither was there any safety from the foe for him who went out or came in, for I set every man against his neighbor.
   
4. Cross References
   Haggai 1:5
   Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
   
5. Cross References
   Psalms 132:13 - 14
   For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:
   
6. Cross References
   Haggai 2:9
   The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.'
   
7. Cross References
   Haggai 1:6
   You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
   
8. Cross References
   Haggai 2:17
   I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.
   
9. Cross References
   Haggai 1:4
   Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?