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“Thus says Yahweh of [a]hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of Yahweh to be rebuilt.”’” Then the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying, “Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house (A)lies waste?” So now, thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Set your heart to consider your ways! You have (B)sown much, but bring in little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is [b]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.”

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:2 Lit hosts, saying
  2. Haggai 1:6 Lit not becoming drunk

“The Lord of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”(A)

The word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses,(B) while this house[a] lies in ruins?” Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully(C) about[b] your ways:

You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to be happy.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1:4 = the temple
  2. 1:5 Lit Place your heart on, also in v. 7