The Lord of armies says this: “[a]Consider your ways! Go up to the [b]mountains, bring wood, and (A)rebuild the [c]temple, that I may be (B)pleased with it and be (C)honored,” says the Lord. (D)You [d]start an ambitious project, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I (E)blow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of armies. “It is because of My house which (F)remains desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. 10 Therefore, because of you the (G)sky has withheld [e]its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. 11 And I called for a (H)drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on (I)mankind, on cattle, and on (J)all the products of the labor of [f]your hands.”

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  1. Haggai 1:7 Lit Set your heart on
  2. Haggai 1:8 Lit mountain
  3. Haggai 1:8 Lit house
  4. Haggai 1:9 Lit turn to much
  5. Haggai 1:10 Lit from dew
  6. Haggai 1:11 Lit palms

The Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways. Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house; and I will be pleased with it and be glorified,” says the Lord. “You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined[a] it. Why?” This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. “Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

10 So on your account,[b]
the skies have withheld the dew
and the land its crops.(A)
11 I have summoned a drought
on the fields and the hills,
on the grain, new wine, fresh oil,
and whatever the ground yields,
on people and animals,
and on all that your hands produce.”

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  1. 1:9 Lit blew on
  2. 1:10 Or So above you