| Berean Study Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating | 1In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest:" |
| 2that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’ ” | 2The LORD of Hosts says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt." |
| 3Then the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: | 3The word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet: " |
| 4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?” | 4Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?" |
| 5Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. | 5Now, the LORD of Hosts says this: "Think carefully about your ways: |
| 6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” | 6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to become drunk. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it." |
| 7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. | 7The LORD of Hosts says this: "Think carefully about your ways. |
| 8Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD. | 8Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house. Then I will be pleased with it and be glorified," says the LORD." |
| 9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house. | 9You expected much, but then it amounted to little. When you brought the harvest to your house, I ruined it. Why?" This is the declaration of the LORD of Hosts. "Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house. |
| 10Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. | 10So on your account, the skies have withheld the dew and the land its crops. |
| 11I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.” | 11I have summoned a drought on the fields and the hills, on the grain, new wine, olive oil, and whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all that your hands produce." |
| 12Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD. | 12Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the entire remnant of the people obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD. |
| 13Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, delivered the message of the LORD to the people: “I am with you,” declares the LORD. | 13Haggai, the LORD's messenger, delivered the LORD's message to the people, "I am with you"--this is the LORD's declaration. |
| 14So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God, | 14The LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. They began work on the house of Yahweh of Hosts, their God, |
| 15on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius. | 15on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius. |
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