1In the second year of King Darius, ^a^bon the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through Haggai ^cthe prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, ^dthe governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: ^e

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

³The word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet: ⁴“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, ^gwhile this house ^hlies in ruins?” ⁵Now, the Lord of Hosts says this: “Think carefully ⁱabout ^jyour ways:

⁶You have planted much

but harvested little.

You eat

but never have enough to be satisfied.

You drink

but never have enough to become drunk.

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.” ^k

⁷The Lord of Hosts says this: “Think carefully about ^lyour ways. ⁸Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house. Then 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 ^mit. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts. “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

a1:1 King of Persia reigned 522–486 b.c.
h1:4 = the temple
j1:5 Place your heart on
l1:7 Place your heart on
m1:9 blew on

Cross references

b1:1 Ezr 4:5; Neh 12:22; Dn 9:11; 11:1; Hg 1:15; 2:10; Zch 1:1, 7; 7:1
c1:1 Ezr 5:1; 6:14
d1:1 1Ch 3:19; Ezr 3:2, 8; 5:2; Neh 12:1; Hg 1:12, 14; 2:2, 23; Lk 3:27
e1:1 Hg 1:12, 14; 2:2, 4; Zch 3:1, 8; 6:11
f1:2 Ezr 1:3
g1:4 1Kg 7:7; Jr 22:14
i1:5 Hg 2:15, 18
k1:6 Lv 26:20; Dt 28:38–40