Treasury of Scripture
Ye looked. They had used all proper means in the cultivation of their lands, and had sown much; but when they rationally entertained the most sanguine expectations of a large increase, they were strangely disappointed; and even what they had brought home was unaccountably wasted, as if the Lord had blown upon it, and driven it away! And the reason was, because they neglected the temple, and left it in ruins, whilst they eagerly employed themselves in building and decorating their own houses; therefore they were visited by drought and famine, and by various diseases on man and beast.
Haggai 1:6 You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink...
Haggai 2:16,17 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten...
Isaiah 17:10,11 Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength...
Malachi 3:8-11 Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings...
blow upon it. or, blow it away.
2 Samuel 22:16 And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD...
2 Kings 19:7 Behold, I will send a blast on him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land...
Isaiah 40:7 The grass wither, the flower fades: because the spirit of the LORD blows on it: surely the people is grass.
Malachi 2:2 If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, said the LORD of hosts...
Why.
Job 10:2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.
Psalm 77:5-10 I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times...
Because. See on ver.
Haggai 1:4 Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie waste?
Joshua 7:10-15 And the LORD said to Joshua, Get you up; why lie you thus on your face...
2 Samuel 21:1 Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered...
Matthew 10:37,38 He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me...
1 Corinthians 11:30-32 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep...
Revelation 2:4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love.
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
