Haggai 1:1-9 ▼

1 In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

2 “This is what the LORD of armies says: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt.”’”

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

4 “Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house remains desolate?”

5 Now then, the LORD of armies says this: “Consider your ways!

6 You have sown much, only to harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.”

7 The LORD of armies says this: “Consider your ways!

8 Go up to the mountains, bring wood, and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be honored,” says the LORD.

9 “You start an ambitious project, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” declares the LORD of armies. “It is because of My house which remains desolate, while each of you runs to his own house.