 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.  The British Magazine - Page 1621840Full view - About this book
 | Henry Walford Bellairs - 1843 - 278 lehte
...on what follows, as a prospect of the fate of our nation, if we act in this respect as the Jews did. 'Ye looked for much, and lo it came to little ; and...of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.' Men," he added solemnly, "ought not to build themselves palaces, and live in luxury... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1844 - 608 lehte
...wood, and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. Ye looked for much, and, lo ! it came to little ;...of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from... | |
 | 1844 - 588 lehte
...wood, and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified sailh the Lord. Ye looked for much and lo, it came to little; and...upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his omn house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1854 - 490 lehte
...none warm ; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes ;" and again, " Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it ;" (Hag. i. 6, 9 ;) for he points out scarcity of food as one of God's scourges, and the inability... | |
 | 1853 - 624 lehte
...and in some cases, almost deserted prayer-meetings? Why so little outpouring of the Holy Spirit? " Why ? saith the Lord of Hosts. Because of mine house that is waste ; and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from... | |
 | John Summerfield - 1845 - 460 lehte
...but there is none warm ; and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and...of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from... | |
 | 1852 - 672 lehte
...wages to put it into a bog with holes. ... Ye looked for much, and, lo ! it came to little ; and wheo ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why ? saith...is waste, and ye run every man to his own house." No man ever suffered in his temporal concerns in the end by what he gave to the cause of God ; but... | |
 | 1876 - 818 lehte
...and- there is none warm ; and he that tarneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and...upon it. Why? saith the Lord of Hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and ye run every man to his own house. They said the times were hard when it... | |
 | 1845 - 462 lehte
...sown much, and brine; in little; and he that earncth wages, carneth them to put into a bag with holes. Ye looked for much, and lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why t with the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste; and ye run every man to his own house.... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1845 - 358 lehte
...mere chaff, that he could blow away in a moment. And why? " Because, saith the Lord of Hosts, of my house that is waste: and ye run every man to his own house." As though he had said, " You do not consider, that there is a better part, which cannot be taken away... | |
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