Chaggai 1:2-4

Orthodox Jewish Bible

² Thus saith Hashem Tzva’os: This people say, The time is not come, the time that Beis Hashem should be built.

³ Then came the Devar Hashem by Chaggai HaNavi, saying,

⁴ Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your paneled batim, and this Beis [HaMikdash] lie in ruins?