Haggai 1:1–9

^aIn the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto ^bZerubbabel the son of ^cShealtiel, ^ccgovernor of Judah, and to ^dJoshua the son of ^deJosedech ^eethe high priest, saying, ²Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built. ³Then came the word of the Lord ^fby Haggai the prophet, saying,

^4gIs it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ^hcieled houses,

And this house lie ^twaste?

⁵Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; ⁱConsider your ways.

^6jYe have sown much, and ^kbring in little;

^lYe eat, but ye have not ^menough;

Ye ⁿdrink, but ye are not ^ofilled with drink;

Ye clothe you, but there is none warm;

And ^phe that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

⁷Thus saith the Lord of hosts; ⁱConsider your ways.

⁸Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house;

And I will take pleasure in it, and ^qI will be glorified, saith the Lord.

^9jYe looked for much, and lo, it came to little;

And when ye brought it home, ^rI did ^sblow upon it.

Why? saith the Lord of hosts.

Because of mine house that is ^twaste,

And ye run every man unto his own house.