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 the hand of Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

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 T hus speaketh the LORD of the hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, the time to build the house of the LORD.

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 T hen came the word of the LORD by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

4 D o you have time, all of you, to dwell in your panelled houses, and this house is deserted?

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

5 N ow therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Consider your ways.

Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

6 Y e have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye are not filled; ye drink, but ye are not satisfied; ye clothe yourselves, but you are not warm; and he that is a hireling receives his wages in a bag with holes.

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 earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

7 T hus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Consider your ways.

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

8 G o up to the mountain and bring wood and build the house; and I will place my will in her, and I will be glorified, said the LORD.

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 Y e look for much and find little; and when ye lock it up at home, I shall blow upon it. Why? said the LORD of the hosts. Because my house is deserted, and ye run each one of you unto his own house.

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 T herefore the rain of the heavens over you is held back, and the earth has held back her fruits.

Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

11 A nd I called for a drought upon this land and upon the mountains and upon the wheat and upon the wine and upon the oil and upon that which the earth brings forth and upon the men, and upon the beasts and upon every labour of hands.

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.

12 ¶ Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, heard the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people feared before the LORD.

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.

13 T hen spoke Haggai the ambassador of the LORD in the embassy of the LORD unto the people, saying, I am with you, said the LORD.

Then spake Haggai the Lord 's messenger in the Lord 's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.

14 A nd the LORD woke up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked in the house of the LORD of the hosts, their God,

And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

15 i n the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.