Verse 2

"This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"

Referenced Verses

  • Neh 4:10 : 10 Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
  • Num 13:31 : 31 But the men who went up with him said, We aren't able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
  • Song 5:2-3 : 2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My hair with the dampness of the night. 3 I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
  • Eccl 11:4 : 4 He who observes the wind won't sow; And he who regards the clouds won't reap.
  • Ezra 4:23-5:2 : 23 Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. 24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 1 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem; in the name of the God of Israel [prophesied they] to them. 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God, helping them.
  • Prov 22:13 : 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
  • Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!" 14 As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed. 15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who answer with discretion.
  • Prov 29:25 : 25 The fear of man proves to be a snare, But whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.