 | William Jackson - 1847 - 422 pages
...Mark the judgment by which God " Prov. xxviii. 27. t Hag. i. 4 — 6. avenged their guilt. "Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when ye...of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house." • These Jews thought themselves unable to do any thing for the house of God... | |
 | National fast - 1847 - 204 pages
...in little, and he that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes ;" " ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little ; and when ye...I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts, why?" Why, they had followed their own imaginations instead of His statutes, and " therefore, (says... | |
 | William Piercy Austin (bp. of Guiana.) - 1847 - 482 pages
...their hands. "Ye looked for much," was His word by the prophet Haggai, "and, lo, it came to little8; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why...Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste. . . . Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. And... | |
 | 1847 - 1026 pages
...but ye have not enough.' What safety even for our garnered stores, if He be against us ? ' Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it.' ' I smote you with blasting and with mildew.' If we were as the people of Nineveh, and our land as... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1847 - 590 pages
...prophet Haggai, [ch. i.] when they neglected to repair His temple : " Ye have sown much and bring in little, and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it ; why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Why, because of My house which lieth waste, and ye run every one to his own house." This is very proper... | |
 | Thomas Wilson - 1847 - 568 pages
...prophet Haggai, [ch. i.] when they neglected to repair His temple : " Ye have sown much and bring in little, and when ye brought it home I did blow upon it ; why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Why, because of My house which lieth waste, and ye run every one to his own house." This is very proper... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1847 - 362 pages
...mere chaff, that he could blow away in a moment. And why? "Because, saith the Lord of Hosts, of my house that is waste : and ye run every man to his own house." As though he had said, "You do not consider, that there is a better part, which cannot be taken away... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1848 - 670 pages
...their hand, because they did not look to the Lord, and depend upon him for the good of it. " Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when ye...is waste, and ye run every man to his own house." If the Lord be not with us to bless us, we may come to be a weary burden to one another, for no creature... | |
 | Nathan Marcus Adler - 1848 - 784 pages
...build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little ; and when ye...of Mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from... | |
 | Henry Edward Manning - 1848 - 426 pages
...none warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. ... Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. ... One came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten ; . . one came to the pressfat for to... | |
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Ye looked for much, and lo it came to little ; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why ? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. 
