 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.  Secret of Prevailing in Prayer - Pagina 92door TAIWO OLUSEGUN AYENI - 2005 - 148 pagina’sGedeeltelijke weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1846
...the Israelites, so will it be with them ? You will put what you withhold 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, saith the Lord" — that is, as the margin renders it, " I did blow it away." Dear brethren, take this... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846
...but there is 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... | |
 | William Jackson - 1847 - 424 pagina’s
...earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes." t Mark the judgment by which God avenged their guilt. " Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little ; and...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 ; but their excuses were... | |
 | National fast - 1847
...and bring 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...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
...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
...ye eat, 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 pagina’s
...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
...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... | |
 | John Jewel - 1847
...Therefore saith the Lord : " You l have sown much, and bring in little ; ye eat, but yet have not enough ; ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little ; and, when you brought it home, I did blow it out." You set your joy upon vain things ; and the same shall deceive... | |
 | Nathan Marcus Adler - 1848 - 80 pagina’s
...wood, and 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...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 her fruit 6 ." These... | |
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