 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
 | Richard Cecil - 1847 - 362 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... | |
 | John Jewel - 1847 - 622 lehte
...Therefore saith the Lord : " You l have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but yet have not enough ; ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little ; and, when you brought it home, I did blow it out." You set your joy upon vain things ; and the same shall deceive... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1848 - 670 lehte
...husk in their hand, because they did not look to the Lord, and depend upon him for the good of it. " Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and...is waste, and ye run every man to his own house." If the Lord be not with us to bless us, we may come to be a weary burden to one another, for no creature... | |
 | Nathan Marcus Adler - 1848 - 784 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 ; 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... | |
 | Henry Edward Manning - 1848 - 320 lehte
...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 when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. ... One came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten ; . . . one came to the pressfat for... | |
 | Henry Edward Manning - 1848 - 426 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 when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. ... One came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten ; . . one came to the pressfat for to... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1849 - 474 lehte
...till, like Herod, we are "eaten of worms !" — "Thus saith the Lord of Hosts ; Consider your ways. 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." Hag. i. 1 — 9. Beware of supineness, and negligence. These sins are as dangerous... | |
 | Julius Charles Hare - 1849 - 530 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 ; and,...upon it. Why, saith the Lord of Hosts. Because of My House, which is waste ; and ye run every man to his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is... | |
 | Church of England - 1849 - 1236 lehte
...wood, and build the house ; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. no man shall have our works in remembrance, and our...life shall pass away as the trace of a cloud, and > eaith the LORD of hosts. Because of Mine house that -' waste, and ye run every man nnto his own house.... | |
 | Robert Mimpriss - 1849 - 606 lehte
...and build the house ; and I « ill take pleasure in it, and I will be 9 glorified, saith the LORD. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when >e brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? suith the LORD of hosts. Becauie of mine house that ii... | |
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