Thematic Bible: Toward the temple


Thematic Bible



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 yourselves, but there is none warm. And he who earns wages earns wages [to put] into a bag with holes. Verse ConceptsBagsPursesHarvestSowing And ReapingTreasureWagesAlcohol ConsumptionGathering MuchLittle FoodGapsClothing OneselfCold WeatherNo FoodMoney BoxFinancesSaving Moneysowing

Thus speaks LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for LORD's house to be built. Verse ConceptsComplacencyLukewarmnessUntimelinessThe Second TempleNot The Timerebuilding

Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lays waste? Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesSelf IndulgenceUntimelinessDestruction Of The TempleBuilding HousesRight Time For PeopleNot The Timerebuilding

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little, and when ye brought it home, I blew upon it. Why? says LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lays waste while ye run each man to his own house. Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfProfitsUnreliabilityGathering MuchLittle FoodDestruction Of The TempleGod's DwellingBuilding HousesCatastrophic EventsAgricultureFinancesFamily Problems