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

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ² Thus says the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time has not come to build the house of the Lord. ³ And the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying, ⁴ Is it time for you to dwell in your paneled houses, whereas Our house is desolate? ⁵ And now thus says the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways! ⁶ You have sown much, but brought in little; you have eaten, and are not satisfied; you have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, you 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 says 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, says the Lord.