2 "Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'This people says, "The time has not come, even the time for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt."'"
3 Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 "Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?"
5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, "Consider your ways!
6 You have sown much, but 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 no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes."
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts, "Consider your ways!
8 Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified," says the Lord.