3. Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4. Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins?
5. Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways and set your mind on what has come to you.
6. You have sown much, but you have reaped little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages has earned them to put them in a bag with holes in it.
7. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways (your previous and present conduct) and how you have fared.
8. Go up to the hill country and bring lumber and rebuild [My] house, and I will take pleasure in it and I will be glorified, says the Lord [by accepting it as done for My glory and by displaying My glory in it].