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 1:1 ¶ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

 1:1 ¶ In the secondº yearº of Dariusº the king,º in the sixthº month,º in the firstº dayº of the month,º cameº the wordº of the LORDº byº Haggaiº the prophetº untoº Zerubbabelº the sonº of Shealtiel,º governorº of Judah,º and toº Joshuaº the sonº of Josedech,º the highº priest,º saying,ºº

 1:2 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built.

 1:2 Thusº speakethºº the LORDº of hosts,º saying,ºº Thisº peopleº say,ºº The timeº is notº come,ºº the timeº that the LORD'Sº houseº should be built.ºº

 1:3 Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

 1:3 Then cameº the wordº of the LORDº byº Haggaiº the prophet,º saying,ºº

 1:4 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?

 1:4 [Is it] timeº for you, O ye,º to dwellºº in your cieledºº houses,º and thisº houseº [lie] waste?º

 1:5 Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

 1:5 Nowº therefore thusº saithºº the LORDº of hosts;º Considerºººº your ways.º

 1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.

 1:6 Ye have sownºº much,ºº and bringºº inº little;º ye eat,ºº but ye have not enough;ººº ye drink,ºº but ye are not filled with drink;ººº ye clotheºº you, but there is none warm;ººº and he that earneth wagesºº earneth wagesºº [to put it] intoº a bagº with holes.ºº

 1:7 ¶ Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

 1:7 ¶ Thusº saithºº the LORDº of hosts;º Considerºººº your ways.º

 1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

 1:8 Go upºº to the mountain,º and bringºº wood,º and buildºº the house;º and I will take pleasureºº in it, and I will be glorified,ºº saithºº the LORD.º

 1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

 1:9 Ye lookedºº forº much,ºº and, lo,º [it came] to little;º and when ye broughtºº [it] home,º I did blowºº upon it. Why?ºº saithºº the LORDº of hosts.º Becauseº of mine houseº thatº [is] waste,º and yeº runºº every manº unto his own house.º

 1:10 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.

 1:10 Thereforeºº the heavenº overº you is stayedºº from dew,ºº and the earthº is stayedºº [from] her fruit.º

 1:11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

 1:11 And I calledºº for a droughtº uponº the land,º and uponº the mountains,º and uponº the corn,º and uponº the new wine,º and uponº the oil,º and uponº [that] whichº the groundº bringeth forth,ºº and uponº men,º and uponº cattle,º and uponº allº the labourº of the hands.º

 1:12 ¶ 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 Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.

 1:12 ¶ Then Zerubbabelº the sonº of Shealtiel,º and Joshuaº the sonº of Josedech,º the highº priest,º with allº the remnantº of the people,º obeyedºº the voiceº of the LORDº their God,º and the wordsº of Haggaiº the prophet,º asº the LORDº their Godº had sentºº him, and the peopleº did fearºº beforeºº the LORD.º

 1:13 Then spake Haggai Jehovah's messenger in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.

 1:13 Then spakeºº Haggaiº the LORD'Sº messengerº in the LORD'Sº messageº unto the people,º saying,ºº Iº [am] withº you, saithºº the LORD.º

 1:14 And Jehovah 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 did work on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,

 1:14 And the LORDº stirred upººº the spiritº of Zerubbabelº the sonº of Shealtiel,º governorº of Judah,º and the spiritº of Joshuaº the sonº of Josedech,º the highº priest,º and the spiritº of allº the remnantº of the people;º and they cameºº and didºº workº in the houseº of the LORDº of hosts,º their God,º

 1:15 in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth [month], in the second year of Darius the king.

 1:15 In the fourº and twentiethº dayº of the sixthº month,º in the secondº yearº of Dariusº the king.º