Hag 1:8-11, 2:16-17, Luk 16:8 | ESV | STEP | Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house , that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified , says the Lord .

a[Ps. 132:13, 14]

b[ch. 2:9]

c[See ver. 6 above]

d[ch. 2:17]

e[See ver. 4 above]

f[Jer. 5:24, 25; Zech. 8:12]; See 1 Kgs. 8:35

g 2 Kgs. 8:1; [Ps. 105:16]

h Hos. 2:9

i ch. 2:17; Ps. 128:2

j[ch. 1:6]

l Amos 4:9; [ch. 1:9; Deut. 28:22]

m Jer. 5:3; Amos 4:6

nSee Matt. 25:2

o ch. 20:34; See ch. 10:6

qSee Matt. 25:2

r John 12:36; 1 Thess. 5:5; [Eph. 5:8]

Haggai 1:8-11

8 Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that ^aI may take pleasure in it and that ^bI may be glorified, says the Lord. 9 ^cYou looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, ^dI blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house ^ethat lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. 10 Therefore ^fthe heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. 11 And ^gI have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on ^hthe grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and ⁱon all their labors.”

Haggai 2:16-17

16 how did you fare? ^jWhen ^{▼▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Lord, since they were. When} one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 ^lI struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, ^myet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.

Luke 16:8

8 The master commended the dishonest manager for his ⁿshrewdness. For ^othe sons of this world ^{▼▼Greek age} are ^qmore shrewd in dealing with their own generation than ^rthe sons of light.