Haggai 1:8-10

Good News Translation

⁸ Now go up into the hills, get lumber, and rebuild the Temple; then I will be pleased and will be worshiped as I should be.

⁹ “You hoped for large harvests, but they turned out to be small. And when you brought the harvest home, I blew it away.^[a] Why did I do that? Because my Temple lies in ruins while every one of you is busy working on your own house. ¹⁰ That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow.