Haggai 1:2-6

Evangelical Heritage Version

² This is what the Lord of Armies^[a] says. This people has said, “It is not the right time for the House of the Lord to be built.”

³ So the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet.

⁴ Is it time for you to live in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins? ⁵ Now this is what the Lord of Armies says. Consider your ways carefully. ⁶ You sow much seed but you harvest little. You eat but you are never satisfied. You drink but you never become drunk. You get dressed, but no one is warm. The one who makes money puts that money into a bag with a hole in it.