⁵This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Think about what you have done. ⁶You have planted much, but you harvest little. You eat, but you do not become full. You drink, but you are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but you are not warm enough. You earn money, but then you lose it all as if you had put it into a purse full of holes.”

⁷This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: “Think about what you have done. ⁸Go up to the mountains, bring back wood, and build the Temple. Then I will be pleased with it and be honored,” says the Lord. ⁹“You look for much, but you find little. When you bring it home, I destroy it. Why?” asks the Lord All-Powerful. “Because you all work hard for your own houses while my house is still in ruins! ¹⁰Because of what you have done, the sky holds back its rain and the ground holds back its crops. ¹¹I have called for a time without rain on the land, and on the mountains, and on the grain, the new wine, the olive oil, the plants which the earth produces, the people, the farm animals, and all the work of your hands.”

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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.