1In the second8147 year8141 of Darius1867 the king4428, in the sixth8345 month2320, in the first259 day3117 of the month2320, came the word1697 of the LORD3068 by3027 Haggai2292 the prophet5030 unto Zerubbabel2216 the son1121 of Shealtiel7597, governor6346 of Judah3063, and to Joshua3091 the son1121 of Josedech3087, the high1419 priest3548, saying559,
2Thus speaketh559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635, saying559, This people5971 say559, The time6256 is not come935, the time6256 that the LORD'S3068 house1004 should be built1129.
3Then came the word1697 of the LORD3068 by3027 Haggai2292 the prophet5030, saying559,
4Is it time6256 for you, O ye, to dwell3427 in your cieled5603 houses1004, and this house1004 lie waste2720?
5Now therefore thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635; Consider7760 3824 your ways1870.
6Ye have sown2232 much7235, and bring935 in little4592; ye eat398, but ye have not enough7654; ye drink8354, but ye are not filled with drink7937; ye clothe3847 you, but there is none warm2527; and he that earneth wages7936 earneth wages7936 to put it into a bag6872 with holes5344.
7Thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts6635; Consider7760 3824 your ways1870.
8Go up5927 to the mountain2022, and bring935 wood6086, and build1129 the house1004; and I will take pleasure7521 in it, and I will be glorified3513, saith559 the LORD3068.
9Ye looked6437 for much7235, and, lo, it came to little4592; and when ye brought935 it home1004, I did blow5301 upon it. Why? saith5002 the LORD3068 of hosts6635. Because3282 of mine house1004 that is waste2720, and ye run7323 every man376 unto his own house1004.
10Therefore the heaven8064 over you is stayed3607 from dew2919, and the earth776 is stayed3607 from her fruit2981.
11And I called7121 for a drought2721 upon the land776, and upon the mountains2022, and upon the corn1715, and upon the new wine8492, and upon the oil3323, and upon that which the ground127 bringeth forth3318, and upon men120, and upon cattle929, and upon all the labour3018 of the hands3709.
12Then Zerubbabel2216 the son1121 of Shealtiel7597, and Joshua3091 the son1121 of Josedech3087, the high1419 priest3548, with all the remnant7611 of the people5971, obeyed8085 the voice6963 of the LORD3068 their God430, and the words1697 of Haggai2292 the prophet5030, as the LORD3068 their God430 had sent7971 him, and the people5971 did fear3372 before6440 the LORD3068.
13Then spake559 Haggai2292 the LORD'S3068 messenger4397 in the LORD'S3068 message4400 unto the people5971, saying559, I am with you, saith5002 the LORD3068.
14And the LORD3068 stirred up5782 the spirit7307 of Zerubbabel2216 the son1121 of Shealtiel7597, governor6346 of Judah3063, and the spirit7307 of Joshua3091 the son1121 of Josedech3087, the high1419 priest3548, and the spirit7307 of all the remnant7611 of the people5971; and they came935 and did6213 work4399 in the house1004 of the LORD3068 of hosts6635, their God430,
15In the four702 and twentieth6242 day3117 of the sixth8345 month2320, in the second8147 year8141 of Darius1867 the king4428.