Haggai 1:2-9 ▼

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

3 Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,

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

5 So now, thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Set your heart to consider your ways!

6 You have sown much, but bring in 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 no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

7 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Set your heart to consider your ways!

8 Go up to the mountains and bring wood and rebuild the house of God, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says Yahweh.

9 “You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; and you bring it home, and I blow it away. Why?” declares Yahweh of hosts, “Because of My house which lies waste, while each of you runs to his own house.