4. Is it time for you to dwell in ceiled houses, and this house lie desolate?
5. And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider your ways.
6. You have sowed much, and brought in little: you have eaten, but have not had enough: you have drunk, but have not been filled with drink: you have clothed yourselves, but have not been warmed: and he that hath earned wages, put them into a bag with holes.
7. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set Your hearts upon your ways:
8. Go up to the mountain, bring timber, and build the house: and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, saith the Lord.
9. You have looked for more, and behold it became less, and you brought it home, and I blowed it away: why, saith the Lord of hosts? because my house is desolate, and you make haste every man to his own house.