Haggai 1:2-9
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 ‘The Lord of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.’(A)
3 The word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 4 ‘Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your panelled houses,(B) while this house[a] lies in ruins? ’ 5 Now, the Lord of Armies says this: ‘Think carefully(C) about[b] your ways:
6 You have planted much
but harvested little.
You eat
but never have enough to be satisfied.
You drink
but never have enough to be happy.
You put on clothes
but never have enough to get warm.
The wage earner puts his wages
into a bag with a hole in it.’(D)
7 The Lord of Armies says this: ‘Think carefully about your ways. 8 Go up into the hills, bring down timber, and build the house; and I will be pleased with it and be glorified,’ says the Lord. 9 ‘You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined[c] it. Why? ’ This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. ‘Because my house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
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