1. On the first day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king, the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak:
2. Thus says the Lord of hosts: This people has said: “Now is not the time to rebuild the house of the Lord.”
3. Then the word of the Lord came through Haggai the prophet:
4. Is it time for you to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies in ruins?