1 O n the first day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king, the Word of the Lord came to Haggai. The Word was for Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the head religious leader, 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 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,

2 “ This is what the Lord of All says: ‘These people say, “The time has not yet come to build again the house of the Lord.”’”

Thus 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.

3 T hen the Word of the Lord came by Haggai the man of God, saying,

Then came the word of the LORD by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,

4 “ Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your houses with walls covered with wood, while this house lies waste?”

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

5 N ow the Lord of All says, “Think about your ways!

Now therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Consider your ways.

6 Y ou have planted much, but gather little. You eat, but there is not enough to fill you. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothing, but no one is warm enough. You earn money, but put it into a bag with holes.”

Ye 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.

7 T he Lord of All says, “Think about your ways!

Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Consider your ways.

8 G o up to the mountains and bring wood and build again the house of God, that I may be pleased with it and worshiped as I should be,” says the Lord.

Go 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.

9 “ You look for much, but it turns out to be little. When you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?” says the Lord of All. “Because My house lies waste, while each of you takes care of his own house.

Ye 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.

10 S o the sky has held back the water on the grass in the early morning because of you, and the earth has held back its food.

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

11 I have called for a time without rain on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on the vegetables, on men, on cattle, and on all the work of your hands.” The People Obey

And 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.

12 T hen Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the head religious leader, and all the rest of the people of Israel, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God. They obeyed the words of Haggai the man of God, as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people honored the Lord with fear.

¶ 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.

13 T hen Haggai the man of God spoke for the Lord to the people, saying, “I am with you,” says the Lord.

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

14 S o the Lord moved the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the head religious leader, and the spirit of all the rest of the people. And they came and worked on the house of the Lord of All, their God.

And 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,

15 T his was on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.

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