Haggai 1:5–11

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.

¹⁰So on your account, ⁿ

the skies have withheld the dew

and the land its crops. ^o

¹¹I have summoned a drought

on the fields and the hills,

on the grain, new wine, olive oil,

and whatever the ground yields,

on man and beast,

and on all that your hands produce.”