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href="/bsb/haggai/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/haggai/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/haggai/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/haggai/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/haggai/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/haggai/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><i>Is it</i> time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house <i>lie</i> waste?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/haggai/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“<i>Is it</i> time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this temple <i>to lie</i> in ruins?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/haggai/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house <i>remains</i> desolate?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/haggai/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/haggai/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house <i>lies</i> desolate?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/haggai/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house <i>lies</i> waste?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/haggai/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Is it time for you yourselves to live in your [expensive] paneled houses while this house [of the LORD] lies in ruins?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/haggai/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/haggai/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/haggai/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/haggai/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieled houses, while this house lieth waste?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/haggai/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Is it time for you to live in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/haggai/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"My people, why should you be living in well-built houses while my Temple lies in ruins? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/haggai/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Is it the right time for all of you to live in your own paneled houses while this house remains in ruins?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/haggai/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/haggai/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/haggai/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/haggai/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/haggai/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/haggai/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Is it time for you to dwell in your covered houses, "" And this house to lie waste?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/haggai/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Is it time for you -- you! To dwell in your covered houses, And this house to lie waste?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/haggai/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Is the time for you, O ye, to dwell in your covered houses, and this house a waste?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/haggai/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/haggai/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Is it time for you to dwell in paneled houses, while this house is deserted?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/haggai/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Is it time for you to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/haggai/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/haggai/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Is it a time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/haggai/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Is this the time for you that you dwell in your houses when they are sheltered, and this house is ruined?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/haggai/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieled houses, while this house lieth waste?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/haggai/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Is it time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses, whereas our house is desolate?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/haggai/1-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3FsGMCt5I0?start=31" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/haggai/1.htm">A Call to Rebuild the Temple</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ha·‘êṯ (Art:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">“Is it a time</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">for you</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">yourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: lā·še·ḇeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">to live</a> <a href="/hebrew/5603.htm" title="5603: sə·p̄ū·nîm (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp) -- To cover, cover in, panel. A primitive root; to hide by covering; specifically, to roof or wainscot; figuratively, to reserve.">in your paneled</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇāt·tê·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">houses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">while this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: wə·hab·ba·yiṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">house</a> <a href="/hebrew/2720.htm" title="2720: ḥā·rêḇ (Adj-ms) -- Parched, ruined. From charab; parched or ruined.">lies in ruins?”</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/3-6.htm">Ezra 3:6-13</a></span><br />On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid. / They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia. / In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/3-1.htm">Nehemiah 3:1-32</a></span><br />At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall. / The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them. / The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-10.htm">Malachi 1:10</a></span><br />“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">2 Samuel 7:2</a></span><br />he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/6-1.htm">1 Kings 6:1-38</a></span><br />In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, the second month, he began to build the house of the LORD. / The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high. / The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3</a></span><br />And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">Isaiah 66:1-2</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be? / Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Jeremiah 22:14</a></span><br />who says, ‘I will build myself a great palace, with spacious upper rooms.’ So he cuts windows in it, panels it with cedar, and paints it with vermilion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4-6</a></span><br />You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. / You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. / You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a></span><br />But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-29.htm">Luke 12:29-31</a></span><br />And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it. / For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. / But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-16.htm">Matthew 23:16-22</a></span><br />Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? / And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-16.htm">John 2:16-17</a></span><br />To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!” / His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-47.htm">Acts 7:47-50</a></span><br />But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. / However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a></span><br />Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? / If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie waste?</p><p class="hdg">to.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">2 Samuel 7:2</a></b></br> That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/132-3.htm">Psalm 132:3-5</a></b></br> Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a></b></br> But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</p><p class="hdg">and.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/74-7.htm">Psalm 74:7</a></b></br> They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled <i>by casting down</i> the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-14.htm">Psalm 102:14</a></b></br> For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/26-6.htm">Jeremiah 26:6,18</a></b></br> Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ceiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Cieled</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-6.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">House</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-7.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-13.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Paneled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Roofed</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Wainscoted</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-6.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-1.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">Ceiled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">Cieled</a> <a href="/matthew/8-24.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-14.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-7.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/haggai/1-8.htm">House</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-2.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-3.htm">Paneled</a> <a href="/1_kings/7-3.htm">Roofed</a> <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/acts/15-16.htm">Ruins</a> <a href="/haggai/2-6.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Wainscoted</a> <a href="/haggai/1-9.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Haggai 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/1-1.htm">The time when Haggai prophesied.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">He reproves the people for neglecting the building of the house.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/1-7.htm">He incites them to the building.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/1-12.htm">He promises them, being forward, God's assistance.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "paneled houses" suggests luxury and comfort, indicating that the people were investing in their own homes rather than in the temple. Historically, paneling was a sign of wealth, as seen in <a href="/1_kings/7-3.htm">1 Kings 7:3-7</a>, where Solomon's palace is described. The rhetorical question challenges the people's focus on personal comfort over communal and spiritual obligations. This reflects a broader biblical theme where God calls His people to prioritize His work and presence, as seen in <a href="/matthew/6-33.htm">Matthew 6:33</a>, where Jesus instructs to seek first the kingdom of God.<p><b>while this house lies in ruins?</b><br>"This house" refers to the temple in Jerusalem, which was central to Jewish worship and identity. The temple's destruction by the Babylonians in 586 BC left it in ruins, symbolizing the broken relationship between God and His people. The call to rebuild the temple is not just about physical reconstruction but spiritual renewal and obedience. The temple's restoration is a prophetic act pointing to the coming of Christ, who is the true temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>). The neglect of the temple signifies a neglect of God's presence and priorities, echoing the call in <a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16-17</a> for believers to recognize themselves as God's temple, emphasizing holiness and dedication to God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/haggai.htm">Haggai</a></b><br>A prophet sent by God to encourage the Israelites to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem after their return from Babylonian exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zerubbabel.htm">Zerubbabel</a></b><br>The governor of Judah during this time, tasked with leading the reconstruction efforts.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The high priest who worked alongside Zerubbabel in the rebuilding of the temple.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the temple was located, which had been destroyed by the Babylonians and was in need of restoration.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a></b><br>The house of God in Jerusalem, central to Jewish worship and identity, which lay in ruins at the time of Haggai's prophecy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/prioritizing_god's_work.htm">Prioritizing God's Work</a></b><br>Haggai challenges us to examine our priorities. Are we more focused on our own comfort and success than on God's kingdom?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_neglect.htm">Spiritual Neglect</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites neglected the temple, we can neglect our spiritual lives. Regular self-examination and commitment to spiritual disciplines are crucial.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a></b><br>The temple was central to Israel's communal worship. We should value and invest in our local church communities as places of worship and fellowship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_and_blessing.htm">Obedience and Blessing</a></b><br>Haggai's message reminds us that obedience to God often precedes His blessings. Are we willing to trust and obey even when it's inconvenient?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence.htm">God's Presence</a></b><br>The temple symbolized God's presence among His people. Today, we are called to be aware of and cultivate God's presence in our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_haggai_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Haggai 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_haggai_1_4's_temple_rebuild_urgent.htm">Why does the command to rebuild the Temple (Haggai 1:4) seem urgent here, while other biblical passages suggest a more prolonged period of delay and opposition? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_prioritize_homes_over_the_temple.htm">Why prioritize homes over rebuilding the temple?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_sources_suggest_delays_in_rebuilding.htm">If Haggai 1:12–15 is accurate in portraying the people’s swift obedience, why do some historical sources imply that progress on the rebuild was neither immediate nor uninterrupted?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_take_zech._4_9_literally_without_evidence.htm">Why should Zerubbabel’s promise in Zechariah 4:9 be taken literally, given the lack of archaeological evidence for a miraculous reconstruction of the temple? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/haggai/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Is it time for you</span> . . .--Literally, <span class= "ital">Is it time for you to dwell in your houses, and those ceiled?--i.e.,</span> probably with cedar and other costly woods. A crushing retort. If the adverse decree of Artaxerxes, which disallowed the building of Jerusalem (<a href="/ezra/4-21.htm" title="Give you now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me.">Ezra 4:21</a>), had not hindered them from erecting magnificent residences for themselves, how could it reasonably excuse an utter neglect of God's House?<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/haggai/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For you, O ye;</span> <span class="accented">for you, yourselves</span>; such as ye are (see <a href="/zechariah/7-5.htm">Zechariah 7:5</a>). He appeals to their consciences. You can make yourselves comfortable; you have time and means and industry to expend on your own private interests, and can you look with indifference on the house of God lying waste? <span class="cmt_word">Your cieled houses;</span> <span class="accented">your houses, and those cieled</span> - wainscoted and roofed with costly woods (<a href="/1_kings/7-3.htm">1 Kings 7:3, 7</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Jeremiah 22:14</a>), perhaps with the very cedar provided for the rebuilding of the temple (<a href="/ezra/3-7.htm">Ezra 3:7</a>). Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἐν οἴκοις ὑμῶν</span> <span class="greek">κοιλοστάθμοις</span>, "your vaulted houses," or, as St. Cyril explains, "houses whose doorposts were elaborately adorned with emblems and devices." They had naught of the feeling of David (<a href="/2_samuel/7-2.htm">2 Samuel 7:2</a>), "I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/haggai/1-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">“Is it a time</span><br /><span class="heb">הַעֵ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(ha·‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for you</span><br /><span class="heb">לָכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">yourselves</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתֶּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to live</span><br /><span class="heb">לָשֶׁ֖בֶת</span> <span class="translit">(lā·še·ḇeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your paneled</span><br /><span class="heb">סְפוּנִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(sə·p̄ū·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5603.htm">Strong's 5603: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide by covering, to roof, wainscot, to reserve</span><br /><br /><span class="word">houses,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇāt·tê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">while this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">house</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַבַּ֥יִת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hab·ba·yiṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lies in ruins?”</span><br /><span class="heb">חָרֵֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·rêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2720.htm">Strong's 2720: </a> </span><span class="str2">Parched, ruined</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">OT Prophets: Haggai 1:4 Is it a time for you yourselves (Hagg. 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