Haggai 1:2-6

Modern English Version

² Thus says the Lord of Hosts: These people say, The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.

³ Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying: ⁴ Is it time for you yourselves to live in paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

⁵ Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of Hosts: Consider your ways. ⁶ You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes.