5. Now therefore thus hath the Lord of the hosts said; Consider your ways.
6. Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye are not filled; ye drink, but ye are not satisfied; ye clothe yourselves, but you are not warm; and he that is a hireling receives his wages in a bag with holes.
7. Thus hath the Lord of the hosts said, Consider your ways.
8. Go up to the mountain and bring wood and build the house; and I will place my will in her, and I will be glorified, said the Lord.
9. Ye look for much and find little; and when ye lock it up at home, I shall blow upon it. Why? said the Lord of the hosts. Because my house is deserted, and ye run each one of you unto his own house.
10. Therefore the rain of the heavens over you is held back, and the earth has held back her fruits.