Haggai 1:1-15.
Haggai 1.1-15
Rebuild the Temple
"On the first day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius
was king of Persia, the Lord told Haggai the prophet to speak his
message to the governor of Judah and to the high priest. So Haggai
told Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Joshua - that the Lord
All-Powerful had said to them and to the people: You say this isn't
the right time to build a temple for me. But is it right for you to
live in expensive houses, while my temple is a pile of ruins? Just
look at what's happening. You harvest less than you plant, you never
have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and
your wages are stored in bags full of holes. Think about what I have
said! But first, go to the hills and get wood for my temple, so I can
take pride in it and be worshiped there. You expected much, but
received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that
little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to
build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins. That's also
why the dew doesn't fall and your harvest fails. And so, at my
command everything will become barren—your farmland and pastures, your
vineyards and olive trees, your animals and you yourselves. All your
hard work will be for nothing.
Zerubbabel and Joshua, together with the others who had returned from
exile in Babylonia, obeyed the Lord's message spoken by his prophet
Haggai, and they started showing proper respect for the Lord. Haggai
then told them that the Lord had promised to be with them. So the
Lord God All-Powerful made everyone eager to work on his temple,
especially Zerubbabel and Joshua. And the work began on the
twenty-fourth day of that same month."
God bless you.
Rebuild the Temple
"On the first day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius
was king of Persia, the Lord told Haggai the prophet to speak his
message to the governor of Judah and to the high priest. So Haggai
told Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Joshua - that the Lord
All-Powerful had said to them and to the people: You say this isn't
the right time to build a temple for me. But is it right for you to
live in expensive houses, while my temple is a pile of ruins? Just
look at what's happening. You harvest less than you plant, you never
have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and
your wages are stored in bags full of holes. Think about what I have
said! But first, go to the hills and get wood for my temple, so I can
take pride in it and be worshiped there. You expected much, but
received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that
little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to
build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins. That's also
why the dew doesn't fall and your harvest fails. And so, at my
command everything will become barren—your farmland and pastures, your
vineyards and olive trees, your animals and you yourselves. All your
hard work will be for nothing.
Zerubbabel and Joshua, together with the others who had returned from
exile in Babylonia, obeyed the Lord's message spoken by his prophet
Haggai, and they started showing proper respect for the Lord. Haggai
then told them that the Lord had promised to be with them. So the
Lord God All-Powerful made everyone eager to work on his temple,
especially Zerubbabel and Joshua. And the work began on the
twenty-fourth day of that same month."
God bless you.
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