2. Thus says the Lord of Hosts: These people say, The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.
3. Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying:
4. Is it time for you yourselves to live in paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
5. Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of Hosts: Consider your ways.
6. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you are not 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.
7. Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Consider your ways.
8. Go up to the mountain and bring wood and rebuild the house, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the Lord.