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

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.”

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

Is it time for you to live in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins? Now this is what the Lord of Armies says. Consider your ways carefully. 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.

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  1. Haggai 1:2 Traditionally Lord of Hosts. Hebrew Lord of Sebaoth. The sebaoth are the armies of heaven, namely, the stars and the angels.