Haggai 1:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

you,. ye. Hebrew Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6), for emphasis. you, even you, or that ye yourselves.

ceiled. panelled. Used of the lining of an arched roof. Occurs in 1Ki 6:9. 1 Kings 7:3; 1 Kings 7:7; Jeremiah 22:14. Showing that their houses were not only roofed, but wainscotted or decorated. Hebrew. "in your houses [and that too] panelled". Compare David (2 Samuel 7:2.Psalms 132:3; Psalms 132:3). This proves that the Temple had not then been commenced. Compare Haggai 1:9. See notes on Nehemiah 7:4, and longer note on Nehemiah 2:1; Nehemiah 5:14; Nehemiah 13:4. Also App-58.

Haggai 1:4

4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?