Haggai 1:6

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Summary

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Have

With holes

Job 20:28

Zechariah 5:4

General references

Bible References

Have

When ye looked for much, then lo! it came to little, when ye brought it home, then I did blow into it, - Because of what? Demandeth Yahweh of hosts, Because of my house, the which is in ruins, while ye keep running every man to his own house.

So long were things thus, that, on coming unto a heap of twenty, then was it found to be ten, - on coming unto the vat to draw off fifty measures, then were there found to be twenty.

And your strength shall be spent in vain, - And your land shall not yield her increase, And the trees of the land, shall not yield their fruit.

Much seed, shalt thou take out into the field, - and little, shalt thou gather in, for the locust shall consume it.

And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh, - and Yahweh said - It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites.

A Land of Fruit, into a waste of salt, For the wickedness of them who dwell therein.

For, ten yokes of vineyard, shall yield one bath, - And the seed of a homer, shall yield an ephah,

Because the ground, is cracked, For there hath been no rain in the land, The plowmen are pale They have covered their heads.

And they shall eat, and not be satisfied, they have encouraged unchastity, yet have not been making increase, - for unto, Yahweh, have they left off giving heed: -

For, to the wind, they sow, and, to the whirlwind, they reap: stalk, hath it none, That which shooteth forth, shall yield no meal, If so be it yield, foreigners, swallow it lip,

Laid waste is the field, in grief is the soil, - for laid waste is the corn, abashed is the new wine, languisheth the oil.

Moreover also, I, have given you cleanness of teeth throughout all your cities, and want of bread throughout all your dwelling-places, - Yet have ye not returned unto me, Declareth Yahweh.

Thou, shalt eat - and not be satisfied, but be shrunk with hunger within thee, - Though thou remove, yet shalt thou not set in safety, and, what thou dost set in safety, to the sword, will I deliver.

That, before those days, hire for man, could not be obtained, and, hire for beast, was there none, - and, neither to him who went out nor to him who came in, was there success by reason of the danger, Yea I let all men loose, each one against his neighbour.

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my Name, saith Yahweh of hosts, then will I send among you the curse, and will curse your blessings, - and indeed I have cursed them, because ye are not at all laying it to heart.

With a curse, have ye been cursing, and yet, me, have ye been defrauding, - the whole nation.

With holes

The increase of his house shall vanish, melting away in the day of his anger.

therefore have I brought it forth, Declareth Yahweh of hosts, And it shall enter - into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth by my name, falsely, - and it shall roost in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, both the timbers thereof, and the stones thereof.

General references

And in the fifth year, shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may enrich you with its increase, - I - Yahweh, am your God.

When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight, - And ye shall eat and not be filled.

Cursed, shall be thy basket, and thy kneading-trough:

Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase;

Thou, shalt sow, but shalt not reap, - thou, shalt tread the olive, but shalt not anoint thee with oil, also the grape, but shalt not drink the wine.

With a curse, have ye been cursing, and yet, me, have ye been defrauding, - the whole nation.