(A)You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, (B)I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house (C)that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. 10 Therefore (D)the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. 11 And (E)I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on (F)the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and (G)on all their labors.”

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Ye looked for harbeh (much), and, hinei, it came to me’at (little); and when ye brought it home, I blew it away. Why? saith Hashem Tva’os. Because of Mine Beis [HaMikdash] that is in ruins, and ye run every man for his own bais.

10 Therefore the Shomayim over you is stayed from dew, and Ha’Aretz is stayed from her fruit.

11 And I called for a drought upon ha’aretz, and upon the harim (mountains), and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which ha’adamah bringeth forth, and upon ha’adam, and upon livestock, and upon all the labor of the hands.

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