that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went
Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawles
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”