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.

Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,' says the Lord.

Wherefore - on your account, have the heavens, held back, dew, - and, the earth, held back her fruit;

“Now, reflect back from this day: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord’s temple,

I struck you with blight, and with plant mildew, and hail, all the work of your hands. But {you did not come back to me},' {declares} Yahweh.