Haggai 1

¹ In the secondsecond year of Darius the king, in the sixthsixth monthmonth, in the first day ofday of the monthmonth, came the wordthe word of the LORDthe LORD by Haggai the prophetprophet to ZerubbabelZerubbabel the sonson of Shealtiel, governorgovernor of JudahJudah, and to JoshuaJoshua the sonson of Josedech, the highhigh priest, saying,

² Thus speaketh the LORD of hostsLORD of hosts, saying, This people saysay, The timetime is not comecome, the timetime that the LORDthe LORD'S househouse should be builtbuilt.

³ Then came the wordthe word of the LORDthe LORD by Haggai the prophetprophet, saying,

⁴ Is it timetime for you, O ye, to dwelldwell in your ceiled houseshouses, and this househouse lie waste?

⁵ Now therefore thus saithsaith the LORD of hostsLORD of hosts; Consider your waysways.

⁶ Ye have sown much, and bringbring in little; ye eateat, but ye have not enoughenough; ye drinkdrink, but ye are not filledfilled with drinkdrink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to putput it into a bagbag with holes.

⁷ Thus saithsaith the LORD of hostsLORD of hosts; Consider your waysways.

⁸ Go upGo up to the mountainmountain, and bringbring woodwood, and buildbuild the househouse; and I will take pleasurepleasure in it, and I will be glorifiedglorified, saithsaith the LORDthe LORD.

⁹ Ye looked for much, and lo, it camecame to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saithsaith the LORD of hostsLORD of hosts. Because of my househouse that is waste, and ye run every manman to his ownown househouse.

¹⁰ Therefore the heavenheaven over you is stayed from dewdew, and the earthearth is stayed from her fruitfruit.

¹¹ And I calledcalled for a drouth upon the landland, and upon the mountainsmountains, and upon the corncorn, and upon the new winenew wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the groundground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the laborlabor of the handshands.

¹² Then ZerubbabelZerubbabel the sonson of Shealtiel, and JoshuaJoshua the sonson of Josedech, the highhigh priest, with all the remnantremnant of the people, obeyed the voicevoice of the LORDthe LORD their GodGod, and the wordswords of Haggai the prophetprophet, as the LORDthe LORD their GodGod had sentsent him, and the people did fearfear beforebefore the LORDthe LORD.

¹³ Then spokespoke Haggai the LORDthe LORD'S messengermessenger in the LORDthe LORD'S message to the people, saying, I am with you, saithsaith the LORDthe LORD.

¹⁴ And the LORDthe LORD stirred up the spirit of ZerubbabelZerubbabel the sonson of Shealtiel, governorgovernor of JudahJudah, and the spirit of JoshuaJoshua the sonson of Josedech, the highhigh priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they camecame and performed workwork in the house of thehouse of the LORD of hostsLORD of hosts, their GodGod,

¹⁵ In the fourfour and twentiethtwentieth day ofday of the same monthmonth, in the secondsecond year of Darius the king.