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Haggai

Chapter 1 of 2

¹In the second year of the reign of King Darius, in the sixth month, at the new moon, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying, "Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, of the people of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and say to them: ²This is what the LORD Almighty says: This people says, 'The time has not come to build the house of the LORD.'" ³Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying, ⁴"Is it time for you to live in paneled houses while this house of mine lies in ruins? ⁵Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: Think carefully in your hearts about your ways. ⁶You have sown much and brought in little. You eat but are not satisfied; you drink but are not refreshed; you put on clothes but are not warm; and whoever earns wages puts them into a bag full of holes. ⁷This is what the LORD Almighty says: Think about your ways. ⁸Go up to the mountain, cut timber, and build the house, and I will take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD. ⁹You looked for much, and it turned out to be little. You brought it home, and I blew it away. Why? says the LORD Almighty. Because my house lies in ruins, while every one of you strengthens his own house. ¹⁰That is why the sky holds back its rain from above, and the earth does not yield its fruit. ¹¹I will bring a sword upon the land and upon the mountains, upon the grain, the wine, and the oil, upon people and animals, and upon all the work of their hands." ¹²Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, of the people of Judah, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people listened to the voice of the LORD their God and to the words of Haggai the prophet, since the LORD their God had sent him to them. And the people feared before the LORD. ¹³Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, said to the people, "I am with you, says the LORD." ¹⁴The LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, of the people of Judah, the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. They came and did the work on the house of the LORD Almighty, their God.

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