1In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day, the word of Yahweh came through^a Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, ²“Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘This people says, “The time has not come to rebuild the temple of Yahweh.’ ” ^b ³And the word of Yahweh came through^c Haggai the prophet, saying, ⁴“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your houses that have been paneled while this house^d is desolate?” ⁵And so then, thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Consider your ways!^e ⁶You have sown much but have harvested little. You have eaten without being satisfied; you have drunk without being satiated;^f you have worn clothes without being warm; the one who earns wages puts it in a pouch with holes.’^g ⁷Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Consider your ways!^h ⁸Go up the mountain and bring wood and build the houseⁱ so that I may be pleased with it and honored,’ says Yahweh. ⁹‘You have looked for much, and look! It came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?’ declares^j Yahweh of hosts. ‘Because my house is desolate and you are running each to your own house!

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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

aLiterally “through the hand of”
bLiterally “The time is not coming, the time for the house of Yahweh to be built”
cLiterally “through the hand of”
dThat is, the temple
eLiterally “Set your heart on your ways”
fLiterally “You have drunk, without becoming drunk”
gLiterally “a pierced pouch”
hLiterally “Set your heart on your ways”
iThat is, the temple
jLiterally “a declaration of ”