Verse 2

Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House should be builded.

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 4:10 : 10 And Iudah said, The strength of the bearers is weakened, and there is much earth, so that we are not able to build the wall.
  • Num 13:31 : 31 (13:32) But the men, that went vp with him, saide, we be not able to goe vp against the people: for they are stronger then we.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.
  • Song 5:2-3 : 2 I sleepe, but mine heart waketh, it is the voyce of my welbeloued that knocketh, saying, Open vnto mee, my sister, my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for mine head is full of dewe, and my lockes with the droppes of the night. 3 I haue put off my coate, howe shall I put it on? I haue washed my feete, howe shall I defile them?
  • Eccl 11:4 : 4 He that obserueth ye winde, shall not sow, and he that regardeth the cloudes, shall not reape.
  • Ezra 4:23-5:2 : 23 When the copie of king Artahshashtes letter was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went vp in all the haste to Ierusalem vnto the Iewes, & caused them to cease by force and power. 24 Then ceased the worke of the house of God, which was in Ierusalem, & did stay vnto the second yeere of Darius King of Persia. 1 Then Haggai a Prophet & Zechariah the sonne of Iddo a Prophet prophecied vnto the Iewes that were in Iudah, and Ierusalem, in the name of the God of Israel, euen vnto them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Ieshua the sonne of Iozadak arose, and began to builde the house of God at Ierusalem, and with them were the Prophetes of God, which helped them.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes. 14 As the doore turneth vpon his hinges, so doeth the slouthfull man vpon his bed. 15 The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and it grieueth him to put it againe to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The feare of man bringeth a snare: but he that trusteth in the Lord, shalbe exalted.