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Haggai 1:9

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1:9 ‘You expected a large harvest, but instead 1  there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. 2  Why?’ asks the Lord who rules over all. ‘Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house! 3 

1 tn Heb “look!” (הִנֵּה, hinneh). The term, an interjection, draws attention to the point being made.

2 tn Heb “I blew it away” (so NRSV, TEV, NLT). The imagery here suggests that human achievements are so fragile and temporal that a mere breath from God can destroy them (see Ezek 22:20, 21; and Isa 40:7 with נָשַׁב, nashav).

3 tn Heb “and each of you runs to his own house”; NIV “is busy with”; TEV “is busy working on”; NCV “work hard for.”



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