1In the second year of King Darius,^A^a on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet^b Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,^c the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:^d

²“The Lord of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”^e

³The word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: ⁴“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses,^f while this house^B lies in ruins?” ⁵Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully^g about your ways:

⁶You have planted much

but harvested little.

You eat

but never have enough to be satisfied.

You drink

but never have enough to be happy.

You put on clothes

but never have enough to get warm.

The wage earner puts his wages

into a bag with a hole in it.”^h

⁷The Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways. ⁸Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house; and I will be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord. ⁹“You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined^D it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. “Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

Read in Logos

Haggai 1:6: You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

Footnotes

AKing of Persia reigned 522–486
B the temple
D blew on

Cross references

a Ezr 4:5; Neh 12:22; Dn 9:11; 11:1; Hg 1:15; 2:10; Zch 1:1,7; 7:1
b Ezr 5:1; 6:14
c 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; Neh 12:1; Hg 1:12,14; 2:2,23; Lk 3:27
d Hg 1:12,14; 2:2,4; Zch 3:1,8; 6:11
e Ezr 1:3
f 1Kg 7:7; Jr 22:14
g Hg 2:15,18
h Lv 26:20; Dt 28:38–40