Haggai 1:1–9

Haggai Begins Temple Building

¹In the ^asecond year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet ^bHaggai to ^cZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^dgovernor of Judah, and to ^eJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

²“Thus says the Lord of ¹hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.” ’ ”

³Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

⁴“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house ^alies desolate?”

⁵Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, “¹Consider your ways!

⁶“You have ^asown much, but ¹harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is ²not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.”

⁷Thus says the Lord of hosts, “¹Consider your ways!

⁸“Go up to the ¹mountains, bring wood and ^arebuild the ²temple, that I may be ^bpleased with it and be ^cglorified,” says the Lord.

⁹“^aYou look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I ^bblow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of hosts, “Because of My house which ^clies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house.