In the secondyearof Dariusthe king, in the sixthmonth, in the firstdayof the month, camethe wordof the LORDbyHaggaithe prophetuntoZerubbabelthe sonof Shealtiel, governorof Judah, and toJoshuathe sonof Josedech, the highpriest, saying, Thusspeakeththe LORDof hosts, saying, Thispeoplesay, The timeis notcome, the timethat the LORD's houseshould be built. Then camethe wordof the LORDbyHaggaithe prophet, saying, Is it timefor you, O ye, to dwellin your ceiledhouses, and thishouse lie waste? Nowtherefore thussaiththe LORDof hosts; Consideryour ways. Ye have sownmuch, and bring inlittle; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clotheyou, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wagesearneth wages to put it intoa bagwith holes. Thussaiththe LORDof hosts; Consideryour ways. Go upto the mountain, and bringwood, and buildthe house; and I will take pleasurein it, and I will be glorified, saiththe LORD. Ye lookedformuch, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blowupon it. Why? saiththe LORDof hosts. Becauseof mine housethat is waste, and yerunevery manunto his own house. Thereforethe heavenoveryou is stayedfrom dew, and the earthis stayed from her fruit. And I calledfor a droughtuponthe land, and uponthe mountains, and uponthe corn, and uponthe new wine, and uponthe oil, and upon that whichthe groundbringeth forth, and uponmen, and uponcattle, and uponallthe laborof the hands. Then Zerubbabelthe sonof Shealtiel, and Joshuathe sonof Josedech, the highpriest, with allthe remnantof the people, obeyedthe voiceof the LORDtheir God, and the wordsof Haggaithe prophet, asthe LORDtheir Godhad senthim, and the peopledid fearbeforethe LORD. Then spokeHaggaithe LORD's messengerin the LORD's messageunto the people, saying, I am withyou, saiththe LORD. And the LORDstirred upthe spiritof Zerubbabelthe sonof Shealtiel, governorof Judah, and the spiritof Joshuathe sonof Josedech, the highpriest, and the spiritof allthe remnantof the people; and they cameand didworkin the houseof the LORDof hosts, their God, In the fourand twentiethdayof the sixthmonth, in the secondyearof Dariusthe king.