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"This is what the LORD of armies says: 'This people says, "The time has not come, the time for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt."'"

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord 's house should be built.

Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

"Is it time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses while this house remains desolate?"

Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Now then, the LORD of armies says this: "Consider your ways!

Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

"You have sown much, only to harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes."

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.