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You have ^(g)sown much, but ^[c]harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is ^[d]not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes."

Thus says the Lord of hosts, "^[e]Consider your ways!

Go up to the ^[f]mountains, bring wood and ^(h)rebuild the ^[g]temple, that I may be ⁽ⁱ⁾pleased with it and be ^(j)glorified," says the Lord .

"^(k)You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I ^(l)blow it away. Why?" declares the Lord of hosts, "Because of My house which ^(m)lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house.

Therefore, because of you the ⁽ⁿ⁾sky has withheld ^[h]its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.

I called for a ^(o)drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on ^(p)men, on cattle, and on ^(q)all the labor of ^[i]your hands."