11 In the second year of Darius the king , on the first day of the sixth month , the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , governor of Judah , and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak , the high priest , saying , 2 "Thus says the Lord of [1]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 , "[2]Consider e e your ways ! 6 "You have sown much , but [3]harvest little ; you eat , but there is not enough to be satisfied ; you drink , but there is [4]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 , "[5]Consider e e your ways ! 8 "Go up to the [6]mountains , bring wood and rebuild the [7]temple , that I may be pleased with it and be glorified ," says the Lord . 9 " You look for much , but behold , it comes to little ; when you bring it home , I blow it away. Why e ?" declares the Lord of hosts , "Because of My house which lies desolate , while each of you runs to his own house . 10 "Therefore e , because of you the sky has withheld [8]its dew and the earth has withheld its produce . 11 "I called for a drought on the land , on the mountains , on the grain , on the new wine , on the oil , on what the ground produces , on men , on cattle , and on all the labor of [9]your hands ."
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and Joshua the son of Jehozadak , the high priest , with all the remnant of the people , obeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the words of Haggai the prophet , as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people [10] showed reverence for the Lord . 13 Then Haggai , the messenger of the Lord , spoke [11]by the commission of the Lord to the people saying , " ' I am with you,' declares the Lord ." 14 So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , governor of Judah , and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak , the high priest , and the spirit of all the remnant of the people ; and they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts , their God , 15 on the twenty-fourth e day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king .
