New American Standard Bible

Haggai 1:5-9 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

5. Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts, "Consider your ways!

6. You have sown much, but 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 no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes."

7. Thus says the Lord of hosts, "Consider your ways!

8. Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified," says the Lord.

9. "You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it away. Why?" declares the Lord of hosts, "Because of My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs to his own house.