In the second year
of Darius
the king
, in the sixth
month
, in the first
day
of the month
, came the word
of the LORD
by
Haggai
the prophet
unto Zerubbabel
the son
of Shealtiel
, governor
of Judah
, and to Joshua
the son
of Josedech
, the high
priest
, saying
,
Thus speaketh the LORD
of hosts
, saying
, This people
say
, The time
is not come
, the time
that the LORD'S
house
should be built
.
Then came the word of the LORD
by
Haggai
the prophet
, saying
,
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell
in your cieled
houses
, and this house
lie waste
?
Now therefore thus saith the LORD
of hosts
; Consider
your ways
.
Ye have sown much
, and bring
in little
; ye eat
, but ye have not enough
; ye drink
, but ye are not filled with drink
; ye clothe
you, but there is none warm
; and he that earneth wages
earneth wages
to put it into a bag
with holes
.
Thus saith the LORD
of hosts
; Consider
your ways
.
Go up to the mountain
, and bring
wood
, and build
the house
; and I will take pleasure
in it, and I will be glorified
, saith
the LORD
.
Ye looked for much
, and, lo, it came to little
; and when ye brought
it home
, I did blow
upon it. Why? saith
the LORD
of hosts
. Because
of mine house
that is waste
, and ye run
every man
unto his own house
.
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed
from dew
, and the earth
is stayed
from her fruit
.
And I called for a drought
upon the land
, and upon the mountains
, and upon the corn
, and upon the new wine
, and upon the oil
, and upon that which the ground
bringeth forth
, and upon men
, and upon cattle
, and upon all the labour
of the hands
.
Then Zerubbabel the son
of Shealtiel
, and Joshua
the son
of Josedech
, the high
priest
, with all the remnant
of the people
, obeyed
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
did fear
before
the LORD
.
Then spake Haggai
the LORD'S
messenger
in the LORD'S
message
unto the people
, saying
, I am with you, saith
the LORD
.
And the LORD stirred up
the spirit
of Zerubbabel
the son
of Shealtiel
, governor
of Judah
, and the spirit
of Joshua
the son
of Josedech
, the high
priest
, and the spirit
of all the remnant
of the people
; and they came
and did
work
in the house
of the LORD
of hosts
, their God
,
In the four and twentieth
day
of the sixth
month
, in the second
year
of Darius
the king
.