Then Haggai answered, ""That's how I look at this people and this nation,' declares the LORD. "And that's how it is with everything they undertake and with what they offer there it is unclean.

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

"How do your voluminous sacrifices benefit me?" the LORD is asking. "I've had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts. I don't enjoy the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.

Then Jozadak's son Jeshua and his brothers got up, along with Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel and his brothers. They built an altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, the man of God.

A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.

What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable how much more when he offers it with vile motives!

If someone quits listening to the Law even his prayer is detestable.

"Is it the right time for all of you to live in your own paneled houses while this house remains in ruins?"

Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.

Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.

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Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

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So is this people

"Is it the right time for all of you to live in your own paneled houses while this house remains in ruins?"
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.
If someone quits listening to the Law even his prayer is detestable.
"How do your voluminous sacrifices benefit me?" the LORD is asking. "I've had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts. I don't enjoy the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.
Everything is clean to those who are clean, but nothing is clean to those who are corrupt and unbelieving. Indeed, their very way of thinking and their consciences have been corrupted.
Save others by snatching them from the fire. To others, show mercy with fear, hating even the clothes stained by their sinful lives.

And that

Then Jozadak's son Jeshua and his brothers got up, along with Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel and his brothers. They built an altar of the God of Israel in order to offer burnt offerings, as prescribed by the Law of Moses, the man of God.

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You are cursed under the curse the entire nation because you are robbing me!

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