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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Haggai 1 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/haggai/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/haggai/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Haggai 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../zephaniah/3.htm" title="Zephaniah 3">◄</a> Haggai 1 <a href="../haggai/2.htm" title="Haggai 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Rebuild the Temple</h3><p class="par"><span class="v37_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.1" class="v37_1_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hag.1.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> On the first day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia,<a href="#fn" id="link_Hag.1.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the <span class="nd">Lord</span> told Haggai the prophet to speak his message to the governor of Judah and to the high priest.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v37_1_1">So Haggai told Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Joshua<a href="#fn" id="link_Hag.1.1!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v37_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.2-Hag.1.5" class="v37_1_2">2-5</span>that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> All-Powerful had said to them and to the people:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v37_1_2">You say this isn't the right time to build a temple for me. But is it right for you to live in expensive houses,<a href="#fn" id="link_Hag.1.2-Hag.1.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> while my temple is a pile of ruins? Just look at what's happening. </span><span class="v37_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.6" class="v37_1_6">6</span>You harvest less than you plant, you never have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and your wages are stored in bags full of holes.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v37_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.7" class="v37_1_7">7</span>Think about what I have said! </span><span class="v37_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.8" class="v37_1_8">8</span>But first, go to the hills and get wood for my temple, so I can take pride in it and be worshiped there. </span><span class="v37_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.9" class="v37_1_9">9</span>You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins. </span><span class="v37_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.10" class="v37_1_10">10</span>That's also why the dew doesn't fall and your harvest fails. </span><span class="v37_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.11" class="v37_1_11">11</span>And so, at my command everything will become barren—your farmland and pastures, your vineyards and olive trees, your animals and you yourselves. All your hard work will be for nothing.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v37_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.12" class="v37_1_12">12</span>Zerubbabel and Joshua, together with the others who had returned from exile in Babylonia, obeyed the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s message spoken by his prophet Haggai, and they started showing proper respect for the <span class="nd">Lord</span>. </span><span class="v37_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.13" class="v37_1_13">13</span>Haggai then told them that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had promised to be with them. </span><span class="v37_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.14" class="v37_1_14">14</span>So the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God All-Powerful made everyone eager to work on his temple, especially Zerubbabel and Joshua. </span><span class="v37_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Hag.1.15" class="v37_1_15">15</span>And the work began on the twenty-fourth day of that same month.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">sixth month … king of Persia: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Elul, the sixth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-August to mid-September; the second year of the rule of Darius was 520 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Governor … Joshua: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “Governor Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and High Priest Joshua son of Jehozadak.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.2-5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">expensive houses: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Either houses with paneled interiors or with roofs; the temple was not yet completely rebuilt at this time.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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