Haggai 2:14 KJV

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.

Matthew Henry

  • Their sins hindered the workMany spoiled this good work, by going about it with unholy hearts and hands, and were likely to gain no advantage by it. The sum of these two rules of the...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • Titus 1:15 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.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Proverbs 28:9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
  • Isaiah 1:11–15 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. …
  • Titus 1:15 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.
  • Ezra 3:2–3 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. …

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Bible Dictionary

  • HaggaiFestive, one of the twelve so-called minor prophets. He was the first of the three (Zechariah, his contemporary, and Malachi, who was...
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Then answered וַיַּעַן wayyaʿan עָנָה Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • Haggai חַגַּי ḥaggay חַגַּי Proper name
  • and said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • So is this people כֵּן kēn Demonstrative הָעָם hāʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular · with the הַזֶּה hazzê Pronoun · with the וְכֵן wĕkēn Demonstrative · with and
  • and so is this nation הַגּוֹי haggôy גּוֹי Noun · masculine singular · with the הַזֶּה hazzê Pronoun · with the
  • before לְפָנַי lĕpānay פָּנִים Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
  • me, saith נְאֻם nĕʾum נְאֻם Noun · masculine singular construct
  • the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • and so is every work וְכֵן wĕkēn Demonstrative · with and כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct מַעֲשֵׂה maʿăśê מַעֲשֶׂה Noun · masculine singular construct וַאֲשֶׁר waʾăšer Relative · with and
  • of their hands יְדֵיהֶם yĕdêhem יָד Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with suffix: third person masculine plural
  • and that which they offer יַקְרִיבוּ yaqrîbû קָרַב Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person masculine plural הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular
  • there is unclean שָׁם šām Adverb טָמֵא ṭāmēʾ טָמֵא Adjective · masculine singular

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