Holy Scripture
Haggai 1:3
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 3) And the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying: Is it time for you to dwell in paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins? Or as the Septuagint interprets, 'in vaulted buildings,' that is, concave structures. On the same day as before, this vision appears again. As the prophets e…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3And the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying,
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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,
2Thus saith the Lord Almighty, saying, This people say, The time is not come to build the house of the Lord.
— Haggai 1:3 —
4Is it time for you to dwell in your ceiled houses, whereas our house is desolate?
5And now thus saith the Lord Almighty; Consider your ways, I pray you.