Haggai 1:1-4 ▼

1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, a word of YHWH has been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

2 “Thus spoke YHWH of Hosts, saying, This people—they have said, || The time has not come, || The time the house of YHWH [is] to be built.”

3 And there is a word of YHWH by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,

4 “Is it time for you to dwell in your covered houses, || And this house to lie waste?”