2Ki 7:3, Hag 1:4-5 | ESV | STEP | Now there were four men who were lepers at the entrance to the gate . And they said to one another , Why are we sitting here until we die ?

d Neh. 2:3, 17; Isa. 64:11; Jer. 33:10, 12

2 Kings 7:3

The Syrians Flee

3 Now there were four men who were lepers ^{▼▼Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13} ^bat the entrance to the gate. And they said to one another, “Why are we sitting here until we die?

Haggai 1:4-5

4 ^c“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while ^dthis house lies in ruins? 5 Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: ^eConsider your ways.