Haggai 1:7-11

New International Version

⁷This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought^(A) to your ways. ⁸Go up into the mountains and bring down timber^(B) and build my house, so that I may take pleasure^(C) in it and be honored,^(D)” says the Lord. ⁹“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.^(E) What you brought home, I blew^(F) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,^(G) while each of you is busy with your own house. ¹⁰Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld^(H) their dew^(I) and the earth its crops.^(J) ¹¹I called for a drought^(K) on the fields and the mountains,^(L) on the grain, the new wine,^(M) the olive oil^(N) and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.^(O)”

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Haggai 1:7-11

International Standard Version

Command to Rebuild the Temple

⁷“This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: ‘Carefully consider your ways: ⁸Go up into the mountains, bring timber, and reconstruct my house. Then I will be pleased with it and I will be honored,’ says the Lord. ⁹‘You turned away in pursuit of abundance, but look at how little you found!^[a] What you did manage to bring home, I blew away! And why?’ declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies. ‘It’s because of my house! It lies in ruins while each of you runs off to his own house! ¹⁰That is why the heavens keep withholding dew from you, and the earth withholds her fruit. ¹¹I sent a drought on the land, on the mountains, on your grain, on your new wines, on your oil—on everything the ground produces—on men, on livestock, and on everything you do!^[b]’”