Haggai 1:1-11

Haggai 1:1-11

[1] 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,  [2] 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.  [3] Then came the word  of the LORD  by  Haggai  the prophet,  saying,  [4] Is it time  for you, O ye, to dwell  in your cieled  houses,  lie waste?  [5] Now therefore thus saith  the LORD  of hosts;  Consider  your ways.  [6] 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  to put it into a bag  with holes.  [7] Thus saith  the LORD  of hosts;  Consider  your ways.  [8] 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.  [9] 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.  [10] Therefore the heaven  over you is stayed  from dew,  and the earth  is stayed  from her fruit.  [11] 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.