1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2These are the words of the Lord of armies: These people say, The time has not come for building the Lord's house.
3Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4Is it a time for you to be living in roofed houses while this house is a waste?
5For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.
6Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.
7This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.