The List of the Exiles Who Returned^(A)

⁴ Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it,^(B) and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.

³³ But seek first his kingdom^(A) and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.^(B)

⁴ “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,^(A) while this house remains a ruin?^(B)”

⁵ Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought^(C) to your ways. ⁶ You have planted much, but harvested little.^(D) You eat, but never have enough.^(E) You drink, but never have your fill.^(F) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,^(G) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”