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,
2. 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. Then came the word of the Lord by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,
4. Do you have time, all of you, to dwell in your panelled houses, and this house is deserted?
5. Now therefore thus hath the Lord of the hosts said; Consider your ways.
6. 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. Thus hath the Lord of the hosts said, Consider your ways.