Hag 1 | NASB2020 | STEP | 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 ,

Haggai 1

Haggai Begins Temple Building

1 In the ^asecond year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet ^bHaggai to ^cZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^dgovernor of Judah, and to ^eJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, 2 “This is what the Lord of armies ^{▼▼Lit says, saying}says: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, 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 live in your paneled houses while this house remains ^gdesolate?” 5 Now then, the Lord of armies says this: “ ^{▼▼Lit Set your heart on}Consider your ways! 6 You have ⁱsown much, only to ^{▼▼Lit bring in}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 there is not enough for ^{▼▼Lit him}anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.”

7 The Lord of armies says this: “ ^{▼▼Lit Set your heart on}Consider your ways! 8 Go up to the ^{▼▼Lit mountain}mountains, bring wood, and ⁿrebuild the ^{▼▼Lit house}temple, that I may be ^ppleased with it and be ^qhonored,” says the Lord. 9 “ ^rYou ^{▼▼Lit turn to much}start an ambitious project, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I ^tblow it away. Why?” declares the Lord of armies. “It is because of My house which ^uremains desolate, while each of you runs to his own house. 10 Therefore, because of you the ^vsky has withheld ^{▼▼Lit from dew}its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. 11 And I called for a ^xdrought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on ^ymankind, on cattle, and on ^zall the products of the labor of ^{▼▼Lit palms}your hands.”

12 Then ^abZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and ^acJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, ^adobeyed the voice of the Lord their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, just as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people ^{▼▼Lit feared before
,} ^afshowed reverence for the Lord. 13 Then Haggai, the ^agmessenger of the Lord, spoke ^{▼▼Or with the commissioned message}by the commission of the Lord to the people, saying, “‘ ^aiI am with you,’ declares the Lord.” 14 So the Lord stirred up the spirit of ^ajZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^akgovernor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the ^alremnant of the people; and they came and ^amworked on the house of the Lord of armies, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.