Haggai 1:8
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
Context
This verse from Haggai Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. In the second year of Darius, God rebukes the returned exiles through Haggai for living in paneled houses while God's temple lies in ruins. Their poor harvests and insufficient wages are the result of this neglect. Zerubbabel the governor and …
Other Translations
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.
Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.
Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.
Cross References
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: …
Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can …
And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and …
For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes …
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of …
With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of …
The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.