CHAPTER 1
In the second
year
of the reign
of Darius,
on the first
day
of the sixth
month,
the word
of the LORD
came
through
Haggai
the prophet
to
Zerubbabel
son
of Shealtiel,
governor
of Judah,
and to
Joshua
son
of Jehozadak,
the high
priest,
stating
that this is what
the LORD
of Hosts
says:
“These
people
say,
‘The time
has not yet
come
to rebuild
the house
of the LORD.’”
You have planted
much
but harvested
little.
You eat
but never
have enough.
You drink
but never
have your fill.
You put on clothes
but never
get warm.
You earn wages
to put into
a bag
pierced through.”
Go up
into the hills,
bring down
lumber,
and build
the house,
so that I may take pleasure
in it
and be glorified,
says
the LORD.
You expected
much,
but behold,
it amounted to little.
And what you brought
home,
I blew away.
Why?
declares
the LORD
of Hosts.
Because
My house
still lies in ruins,
while each
of you
is busy
with his own house.
Therefore,
on account of you
the heavens
have withheld
their dew
and the earth
has withheld
its crops.
I have summoned
a drought
on
the fields
and on the mountains,
on
the grain,
new wine,
and
olive oil,
and on whatever
the ground
yields,
on
man
and beast,
and on
all
the labor
of your hands.”
Then Zerubbabel
son
of Shealtiel
and Joshua
son
of Jehozadak,
the high
priest,
as well as all
the remnant
of the people,
obeyed
the voice
of the LORD
their God
and the words
of the prophet
Haggai,
because
the LORD
their God
had sent him.
So the people
feared
the LORD.
Haggai,
the messenger
of the LORD,
delivered
the LORD’s
message
to the people,
saying:
“I am
with you,”
declares
the LORD.
So the LORD
stirred
the spirit
of Zerubbabel
son
of Shealtiel,
governor
of Judah,
and
the spirit
of Joshua
son
of Jehozadak,
the high
priest,
as well as
the spirit
of all
the remnant
of the people.
And they came
and
began the work
on the house
of the LORD
of Hosts,
their God,