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"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
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A Question of Priorities
The prophet's question reveals a stark contrast. The people had time and resources not just for basic housing, but for luxurious, paneled homes. Yet, they claimed it wasn't the right "time" to rebuild God's house. Commentators see this as a powerful rebuke against prioritizing personal comfort and luxury over the worship and work of God. Their actions exposed their hearts.
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Haggai
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Is it time for you - you, being what you are, the creatures of God, to dwell in your ceiled houses; more emphatically, in your hous…
19th Century
Anglican
Is it time for you ...—Literally, Is it time for you to dwell in your houses, and those paneled?—that is, probably with c…
Baptist
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie was…
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16th Century
Protestant
Those who think that seventy years had not passed until the reign of Darius can be easily disproved from this passage. For if the seventy years wer…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Is it] time for you, O you, to dwell in your panelled houses , &c.] They could not only find time, leisure, and con…
Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet the…
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