Haggai 1:2-8 Thus saith the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time is not come to build the house of the Lord.

Brenton⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Thus saith the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time is not come to build the house of the Lord. ³ And the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Aggaeus, saying, ⁴ Is it time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses, whereas our house is desolate? ⁵ And now thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways, I pray you. ⁶ Ye have sown much, but brought in little; ye have eaten, and are not satisfied; ye have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, ye have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered them into a bag full of holes. ⁷ Thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways. ⁸ Go up to the mountain, and cut timber; build the house, and I will take pleasure in it, and be glorified, saith the Lord.