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Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your houses that have been paneled while this house[a] is desolate?” And so then, thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Consider your ways![b] You have sown much but have harvested little. You have eaten without being satisfied; you have drunk without being satiated;[c] you have worn clothes without being warm; the one who earns wages puts it in a pouch with holes.’[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:4 That is, the temple
  2. Haggai 1:5 Literally “Set your heart on your ways”
  3. Haggai 1:6 Literally “You have drunk, without becoming drunk”
  4. Haggai 1:6 Literally “a pierced pouch”

“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(A) while this house remains a ruin?(B)

Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(C) to your ways. You have planted much, but harvested little.(D) You eat, but never have enough.(E) You drink, but never have your fill.(F) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(G) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”

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