Holy Scripture
Haggai 1:2
A church father on this verse
“(Ver. 2.) Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying: This people says, 'The time has not yet come, the time for the house of the Lord to be built.' Pay careful attention to the fact that it is not Zerubbabel or Joshua who says, 'The time has not yet come, the time for the house of the Lord to be built,' but the people who a…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2Thus saith the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time is not come to build the house of the Lord.
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1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying, Speak to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, of the tribe of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
— Haggai 1:2 —
3And the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying,
4Is it time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses, whereas our house is desolate?