Haggai 1:5-11

The Consequences of Delay

Haggai 1:5-11
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Therefore here is what ADONAI-Tzva'ot says: 'Think about your life!
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You sow much but bring in little; you eat but aren't satisfied; you drink but never have enough; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who works for a living earns wages that are put in a bag full of holes.'"
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"Here is what ADONAI-Tzva'ot says: 'Think about your life!
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Go up into the hills, get wood, and rebuild the house. I will be pleased with that, and then I will be glorified,' says ADONAI.
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'You looked for much, but it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?' asks ADONAI-Tzva'ot. 'Because my house lies in ruins, while every one of you runs to take care of his own house.
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This is why the sky above you has withheld the dew, so that there is none, and the land withholds its yield.
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In fact, I called for a drought on the land and on the hills, on the grain, the wine and the olive oil, on what the ground brings up, on men, animals and on all that hands produce.'"
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