Haggai 2:3
Who is left among you that saw this Beis + 2:3 Hamikdash in her kavod harishon? And how do ye see it now? In comparison to it, is it not in your eyes as nothing?
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1 Chronicles 22:5And Dovid said, Sh'lomo beni (my son) is na'ar and tender, and the Bayit that is to be built for Hashem must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of tiferet before all nations. I will therefore now make preparation for it. So Dovid prepared abundantly before his mot (death).
Ezra 3:12But many of the kohanim and Levi'im and chief of the avot, who were zekenim (ancient men), that had seen the Beis HaRishon, + 3:12 Beis HaMikdash of Sh'lomo when the foundation of this Beis + 3:12 Hamikdash was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, and many shouted aloud for simchah;
Ezekiel 7:20As for the beauty of his jewelry, he set it in ga'on (pride); but they made the tzelem of their to'avot and of their shikkutzim therein; therefore I will make it like niddah to them.
Zechariah 4:9The hands of Zerubavel have laid the Yesod (foundation) of this Beis; + 4:9 HaMikdash 1 his hands shall also finish it; 1 then thou shalt know that Hashem Tzva'os 1 hath sent me unto you. 1
Luke 21:5And as some were speaking about the Beis Hamikdash, that with beautiful avanim (stones) and with matanot (gifts) it has been decorated, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said,
Matthew Henry on Haggai 2:2-10
The Glory of the Latter House. ( b. c. 520.) 1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the… Read the whole commentary →