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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?” 5 And now, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Set your heart to your ways. 6 You have sown much, and brought in little, || To eat, and not to satiety, || To drink, and not to drunkenness, || To clothe, and none has heat, || And he who is hiring himself out, || Is hiring himself for a bag pierced through.” 7 Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Set your heart to your ways. 8 Go up the mountain, and you have brought in wood, || And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honored,” said YHWH. 9 “Looking for much, and behold, little, || And you brought [it] home, and I blew on it—why?” A declaration of YHWH of Hosts, || “Because of My house that is desolate, || And you are running—each to his house, Haggai 1:1-9, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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