Haggai 1:9Open English Bible (Commonwealth)
You looked for much, and it came to little; and when you brought the harvest home, I blew it away. Why? The Lord of hosts says: Because my temple lies in ruins, while you shelter in your own houses.
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Then she took it up and went into the town and showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned. She also brought out and gave her that which she had left from her meal after she had had enough.
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‘He told me,’ Ruth said, ‘that I must keep near his young men until they have completed all his harvest.’