In the asecond year
of Darius
the king
, on the first
day
of the sixth
month
, the word
of the LORD
came
by the prophet
bHaggai
to cZerubbabel
the son
of Shealtiel
, dgovernor
of Judah
, and to eJoshua
the son
of Jehozadak
, the high
priest
, saying
,
"Thus says
the LORD
of 1hosts
, `This
people
says
, "The time
has not come
, even the time
for the house
of the LORD
to be rebuilt
.""'
Then the word of the LORD
came
by Haggai
the prophet
, saying
,
"Is it time for you yourselves
to dwell
in your paneled
houses
while this
house
alies desolate
?"
Now therefore, thus
says
the LORD
of hosts
, " 1Consider
your ways
!
"You have asown much
, but 1harvest
little
; you eat
, but there is not enough to be satisfied
; you drink
, but there is 2not enough to become
drunk
; you put
on clothing
, but no
one
is warm
enough; and he who earns
, earns
wages
to put into a purse
with holes
."
Thus says
the LORD
of hosts
, " 1Consider
your ways
!
"Go up to the 1mountains
, bring
wood
and arebuild
the 2temple
, that I may be bpleased
with it and be cglorified
," says
the LORD
.
" aYou look for much
, but behold
, it comes to little
; when you bring
it home
, I bblow
it away. Why
?" declares
the LORD
of hosts
, "Because
of My house
which
clies desolate
, while each
of you runs
to his own house
.
"Therefore, because
of you the asky
has withheld
1its dew
and the earth
has withheld
its produce
.
"I called for a adrought
on the land
, on the mountains
, on the grain
, on the new
wine
, on the oil
, on what
the ground
produces
, on bmen
, on cattle
, and on call
the labor
of 1your hands
."
Then aZerubbabel the son
of Shealtiel
, and bJoshua
the son
of Jehozadak
, the high
priest
, with all
the remnant
of the people
, cobeyed
the voice
of the LORD
their God
and the words
of Haggai
the prophet
, as the LORD
their God
had sent
him. And the people
1 dshowed
reverence
for the LORD
.
Then Haggai, the amessenger
of the LORD
, spoke
1by the commission
of the LORD
to the people
saying
, " ` bI am with you,' declares
the LORD
."
So the LORD stirred
up the spirit
of aZerubbabel
the son
of Shealtiel
, agovernor
of Judah
, and the spirit
of Joshua
the son
of Jehozadak
, the high
priest
, and the spirit
of all
the bremnant
of the people
; and they came
and cworked
on the house
of the LORD
of hosts
, their God
,
on the twenty-fourth day
of the sixth
month
in the second
year
of Darius
the king
.