nkjv Haggai:1:1-12 SEEK
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In the second year of King Darius ,
in the sixth month ,
on the first day of the month ,
the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel ,
governor of Judah ,
and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak ,
the high priest ,
saying ,
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Thus speaks the LORD of hosts ,
saying : "
This people says , "
The time has not come ,
the time that the LORD '
s house should be built .""'
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Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet ,
saying ,
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Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses ,
and this temple to lie in ruins ?"
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Now therefore ,
thus says the LORD of hosts : "
Consider your ways !
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You have sown much ,
and bring in little ;
You eat ,
but do not have enough ;
You drink ,
but you are not filled with drink ;
You clothe yourselves ,
but no one is warm ;
And he who earns wages ,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes ."
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Thus says the LORD of hosts : "
Consider your ways !
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Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple ,
that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified ,"
says the LORD .
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You looked for much ,
but indeed it came to little ;
and when you brought it home ,
I blew it away .
Why ?"
says the LORD of hosts . "
Because of My house that is in ruins ,
while every one of you runs to his own house .
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Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew ,
and the earth withholds its fruit .
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For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains ,
on the grain and the new wine and the oil ,
on whatever the ground brings forth ,
on men and livestock ,
and on all the labor of your hands ."
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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 feared the presence of the LORD .