Haggai 2:14

Then answered Haggai, and said, So [is] this people, and so [is] this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so [is] every work of their hands; and that which they offer there [is] unclean.

Then answered {H6030} Haggai {H2292}, and said {H559}, So is this people {H5971}, and so is this nation {H1471} before {H6440} me, saith {H5002} the LORD {H3068}; and so is every work {H4639} of their hands {H3027}; and that which they offer {H7126} there is unclean {H2931}.

Hagai then said, "'That is the condition of this people, that is the condition of this nation before me,' says ADONAI, 'and that is the condition of everything their hands produce; so that anything they offer there is unclean.

Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

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Cross-References

  • Titus 1:15 (4 votes)

    Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

  • Proverbs 28:9 (4 votes)

    ¶ He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer [shall be] abomination.

  • Haggai 1:4 (3 votes)

    [Is it] time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house [lie] waste?

  • Haggai 1:11 (3 votes)

    And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon [that] which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

  • Proverbs 15:8 (3 votes)

    ¶ The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright [is] his delight.

  • Isaiah 1:11 (3 votes)

    To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.

  • Isaiah 1:15 (3 votes)

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.