Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
In the second year of Darius
the king,
in
the
sixth
month
, in
the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh
came by
Haggai ,
the prophet ,
to Zerubbabel ,
the
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua ,
the
son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
In the second year of the reign
of
Darius
, on
the first day of the sixth
month, the word of the
LORD
came through
Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
"
This is what Yahweh
of Hosts says: These people say, '
The time hasn't
yet come ,
the time
for
Yahweh's
house to
be
built
. '"
that
this is what the
LORD
of Hosts says: “
These people say, ‘
The time has
not
yet come to
rebuild
the house of
the
LORD
. ’”
Then the Word of Yahweh
came by
Haggai ,
the prophet, saying ,
Then the word of the
LORD
came through
Haggai the prophet, saying :
"
Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell
in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste
?
“
Is it a time for you yourselves to live
in your paneled houses, while this house lies in
ruins
? ”
Now therefore
this is what Yahweh
of Hosts says: Consider your ways.
Now this is what the
LORD
of Hosts says: “
Consider carefully
your ways.
You have sown
much ,
and
bring
in
little. You eat ,
but you
don't
have enough. You drink ,
but you
aren't
filled
with
drink
. You clothe
yourselves,
but no
one
is
warm ,
and
he
who
earns
wages
earns
wages to put them
into a bag with
holes
in
it
. "
You have planted
much but
harvested
little. You eat but never
have enough. You drink but never
have
your
fill
. You put
on
clothes
but never
get
warm .
You
earn
wages to put into a bag pierced
through
. ”
This is what Yahweh
of Hosts says: "
Consider your ways.
This is what the
LORD
of Hosts says: “
Consider carefully
your ways.
Go up to
the mountain
, bring wood
, and build the house .
I will
take pleasure in it ,
and I
will
be glorified, "
says Yahweh
.
Go up into
the hills
, bring down
lumber
, and build the house ,
so
that
I may
take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the
LORD
.
"
You looked
for
much, and,
behold, it came
to little ;
and when
you brought it
home, I blew it
away. Why? "
says
Yahweh
of Hosts ,
"
Because of
my house that
lies waste
, while each of you is busy with his own house.
You expected
much, but
behold, it amounted
to little .
And what
you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares
the
LORD
of Hosts .
Because My house still
lies in
ruins
, while each of you is busy with his own house.
Therefore for
your
sake
the heavens withhold
the
dew ,
and the earth withholds
its fruit
.
Therefore ,
on
account
of
you
the heavens have
withheld
their
dew and the earth has
withheld
its crops
.
I called
for
a drought on the land,
on the mountains, on the grain, on
the
new wine, on
the
oil, on that
which
the ground brings
forth,
on
men
, on cattle
, and on all the labor of the
hands. "
I have
summoned
a drought on the fields
and
on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and
oil, and
on whatever
the ground yields
, on man
and
beast
, and on all the labor of your
hands. ”
Then Zerubbabel ,
the
son of Shealtiel ,
and Joshua ,
the
son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with
all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh,
their God ,
and the words of Haggai,
the prophet ,
as
Yahweh
, their God ,
had sent him ;
and
the people feared Yahweh
.
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as
well
as
all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the
LORD
their God and the words of the prophet Haggai
, because
the
LORD
their God had sent him .
So
the people feared the
LORD
.
Then
Haggai, Yahweh's
messenger, spoke
in
Yahweh's
message to the people ,
saying,
"
I am with you, "
says
Yahweh
.
Haggai, the
messenger of
the
LORD
, delivered
the
message of
the
LORD
to the people :
“
I am with you, ”
declares
the
LORD
.
Yahweh
stirred up
the spirit of Zerubbabel ,
the
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua ,
the
son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and
the spirit of all the remnant of the people ;
and they came and worked
on the house of Yahweh
of Hosts, their God,
So
the
LORD
stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as
well
as
the spirit of all the remnant of the people .
And they came and began
the
work
on the house of the
LORD
of Hosts, their God,
in
the twenty-fourth day of the month,
in
the
sixth month, in the second year of Darius
the
king.
on
the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius
.
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