2 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘This people says, “The time has not come to rebuild the temple of Yahweh.’ ”
3 And the word of Yahweh came through Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your houses that have been paneled while this house is desolate?”
5 And so then, thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Consider your ways!
6 You have sown much but have harvested little. You have eaten without being satisfied; you have drunk without being satiated; you have worn clothes without being warm; the one who earns wages puts it in a pouch with holes.’
7 Thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Consider your ways!
8 Go up the mountain and bring wood and build the house so that I may be pleased with it and honored,’ says Yahweh.