Haggai 1:6 你们撒的种多，收的却少；你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；得工钱的，将工钱装在破漏的囊中。”

1:6 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 你们撒的种多，收的却少；你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；得工钱的，将工钱装在破漏的囊中。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们撒的种多，收的却少；你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；领工钱的，领了工钱却装入有破洞的袋中。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们撒的种多，收的却少；你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；领工钱的，领了工钱却装入有破洞的袋中。
当代译本 - 你们种多收少，吃不饱，喝不足，穿不暖，挣来的工钱却放在破漏口袋中。”
圣经新译本 - 你们撒的种多，收割的却少；你们吃，却吃不饱；你们喝，却喝不足；你们穿衣服，却穿不暖；得工钱的，却把工钱放在破袋里。”
中文标准译本 - 你们种的多，收的少，吃却不得饱，喝却不得足，穿却不得暖，挣钱的，把挣来的装在有洞的钱袋里。
现代标点和合本 - 你们撒的种多，收的却少，你们吃却不得饱，喝却不得足，穿衣服却不得暖，得工钱的将工钱装在破漏的囊中。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们撒的种多，收的却少。你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；得工钱的，将工钱装在破漏的囊中。”
New International Version - You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
New International Reader's Version - You have planted many seeds. But the crops you have gathered are small. So you eat. But you never have enough. You drink. But you are never full. You put on your clothes. But you are not warm. You earn your pay. But it will not buy everything you need.”
English Standard Version - You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
New Living Translation - You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!
Christian Standard Bible - You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be happy. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.”
New American Standard Bible - You have sown much, only to harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.”
New King James Version - “You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
Amplified Bible - You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].”
American Standard Version - Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
King James Version - Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
New English Translation - You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”
World English Bible - You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”
新標點和合本 - 你們撒的種多，收的卻少；你們吃，卻不得飽；喝，卻不得足；穿衣服，卻不得暖；得工錢的，將工錢裝在破漏的囊中。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們撒的種多，收的卻少；你們吃，卻不得飽；喝，卻不得足；穿衣服，卻不得暖；領工錢的，領了工錢卻裝入有破洞的袋中。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們撒的種多，收的卻少；你們吃，卻不得飽；喝，卻不得足；穿衣服，卻不得暖；領工錢的，領了工錢卻裝入有破洞的袋中。
當代譯本 - 你們種多收少，吃不飽，喝不足，穿不暖，掙來的工錢卻放在破漏口袋中。」
聖經新譯本 - 你們撒的種多，收割的卻少；你們吃，卻吃不飽；你們喝，卻喝不足；你們穿衣服，卻穿不暖；得工錢的，卻把工錢放在破袋裡。”
呂振中譯本 - 你們撒種，倒撒的多，收入的卻少；你們喫，卻喫不飽；喝，卻喝不足；有得穿，卻穿不暖；得了工錢，卻把工錢裝到刺破的口袋裏！
中文標準譯本 - 你們種的多，收的少，吃卻不得飽，喝卻不得足，穿卻不得暖，掙錢的，把掙來的裝在有洞的錢袋裡。
現代標點和合本 - 你們撒的種多，收的卻少，你們吃卻不得飽，喝卻不得足，穿衣服卻不得暖，得工錢的將工錢裝在破漏的囊中。
文理和合譯本 - 爾播多而穫少、食不得飽、飲不得足、衣不得暖、傭獲其值、盛於敝囊、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾播多穫少、食不果腹、飲不止渴、衣不得暖、工得其金、盛於敝囊。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾播多穫少、食不得飽、飲不止渴、衣不得暖、工得其值、盛於漏破之囊中、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Ustedes siembran mucho, pero cosechan poco; comen, pero no quedan satisfechos; beben, pero no llegan a saciarse; se visten, pero no logran abrigarse; y al jornalero se le va su salario como por saco roto».
현대인의 성경 - 너희가 많이 심었으나 적게 거두었으며 너희가 먹어도 배부르지 않고 마셔도 흡족하지 않으며 입어도 따뜻하지 않고 품삯을 받아도 구멍 뚫린 지갑에 넣는 격이 되었다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вы посеяли много, а собрали мало. Вы едите, но не наедаетесь. Вы пьете, но не напиваетесь. Вы одеваетесь, но не в силах согреться. Вы трудитесь лишь для того, чтобы положить заработанное в дырявый кошелек.
Восточный перевод - Вы посеяли много, а собрали мало. Вы едите, но не наедаетесь. Вы пьёте, но не напиваетесь. Вы одеваетесь, но не в силах согреться. Вы трудитесь лишь для того, чтобы положить заработанное в дырявый кошелёк.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вы посеяли много, а собрали мало. Вы едите, но не наедаетесь. Вы пьёте, но не напиваетесь. Вы одеваетесь, но не в силах согреться. Вы трудитесь лишь для того, чтобы положить заработанное в дырявый кошелёк.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вы посеяли много, а собрали мало. Вы едите, но не наедаетесь. Вы пьёте, но не напиваетесь. Вы одеваетесь, но не в силах согреться. Вы трудитесь лишь для того, чтобы положить заработанное в дырявый кошелёк.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - vous semez largement mais vous récoltez peu, vous mangez, sans être rassasiés et vous buvez, sans étancher votre soif. Vous vous couvrez d’habits sans être réchauffés, et le salaire que gagne l’ouvrier va dans une bourse trouée.
リビングバイブル - たくさん種をまいても、ほとんど収穫がない。飲み食いにも事欠き、寒さを防ぐ衣服も十分にない。収入は、穴の開いた財布に入れるようにすぐなくなる。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Vocês têm plantado muito, e colhido pouco. Vocês comem, mas não se fartam. Bebem, mas não se satisfazem. Vestem-se, mas não se aquecem. Aquele que recebe salário, recebe-o para colocá-lo numa bolsa furada”.
Hoffnung für alle - Ihr habt viel Saat ausgesät, aber wenig geerntet. Ihr esst und werdet nicht satt, ihr trinkt und bleibt durstig. Was ihr anzieht, wärmt euch nicht, und das sauer verdiente Geld rinnt euch nur so durch die Finger.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các ngươi gieo nhiều nhưng gặt ít. Ngươi ăn mà không no. Ngươi uống mà không đã khát. Ngươi mặc mà vẫn không đủ ấm, tiền lương tiêu phí hết như bỏ vào túi thủng!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เจ้าปลูกมากแต่เก็บเกี่ยวน้อยนิด เจ้ากินแต่ไม่เคยอิ่ม เจ้าดื่มแต่ก็ไม่เคยสิ้นความกระหาย เจ้านุ่งห่มแต่ไม่อบอุ่น เจ้าได้ค่าแรงแต่ก็เอามาใส่ในกระเป๋าเงินที่รั่ว”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พวกเจ้าหว่านไว้มาก แต่เก็บเกี่ยวน้อยนิด พวกเจ้ารับประทาน แต่ไม่เคยพอ พวกเจ้าดื่ม แต่ก็ไม่จุใจ พวกเจ้าสวมใส่เสื้อผ้า แต่ไม่มีใครรู้สึกอบอุ่น และคนที่ได้รับค่าจ้างก็เก็บไว้ในกระเป๋าที่มีรูโหว่”

交叉引用

Ezekiel 4:16 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, I’m going to cut off all food from Jerusalem. The people will live on starvation rations, worrying where the next meal’s coming from, scrounging for the next drink of water. Famine conditions. People will look at one another, see nothing but skin and bones, and shake their heads. This is what sin does.”
Amos 4:6 - “You know, don’t you, that I’m the One who emptied your pantries and cleaned out your cupboards, Who left you hungry and standing in bread lines? But you never got hungry for me. You continued to ignore me.” God’s Decree.
Amos 4:7 - “Yes, and I’m the One who stopped the rains three months short of harvest. I’d make it rain on one village but not on another. I’d make it rain on one field but not on another—and that one would dry up. People would stagger from village to village crazed for water and never quenching their thirst. But you never got thirsty for me. You ignored me.” God’s Decree.
Amos 4:9 - “I hit your crops with disease and withered your orchards and gardens. Locusts devoured your olive and fig trees, but you continued to ignore me.” God’s Decree.
1 Kings 17:12 - She said, “I swear, as surely as your God lives, I don’t have so much as a biscuit. I have a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a bottle; you found me scratching together just enough firewood to make a last meal for my son and me. After we eat it, we’ll die.”
2 Samuel 21:1 - There was a famine in David’s time. It went on year after year after year—three years. David went to God seeking the reason. God said, “This is because there is blood on Saul and his house, from the time he massacred the Gibeonites.”
Joel 1:11 - Dirt farmers, despair! Grape growers, wring your hands! Lament the loss of wheat and barley. All crops have failed. Vineyards dried up, fig trees withered, Pomegranates, date palms, and apple trees— deadwood everywhere! And joy is dried up and withered in the hearts of the people.
Joel 1:13 - And also you priests, put on your robes and join the outcry. You who lead people in worship, lead them in lament. Spend the night dressed in gunnysacks, you servants of my God. Nothing’s going on in the place of worship, no offerings, no prayers—nothing. Declare a holy fast, call a special meeting, get the leaders together, Round up everyone in the country. Get them into God’s Sanctuary for serious prayer to God.
Deuteronomy 28:38 - You’ll plant sacks and sacks of seed in the field but get almost nothing—the grasshoppers will devour it. You’ll plant and hoe and prune vineyards but won’t drink or put up any wine—the worms will devour them. You’ll have groves of olive trees everywhere, but you’ll have no oil to rub on your face or hands—the olives will have fallen off. You’ll have sons and daughters but they won’t be yours for long—they’ll go off to captivity. Locusts will take over all your trees and crops.
Haggai 1:9 - “And why?” (This is a Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, remember.) “Because while you’ve run around, caught up with taking care of your own houses, my Home is in ruins. That’s why. Because of your stinginess. And so I’ve given you a dry summer and a meager crop. I’ve matched your tight-fisted stinginess by decreeing a season of drought, drying up fields and hills, withering gardens and orchards, stunting vegetables and fruit. Nothing—not man or woman, not animal or crop—is going to thrive.” * * *

逐节对照

交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 你们撒的种多，收的却少；你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；得工钱的，将工钱装在破漏的囊中。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们撒的种多，收的却少；你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；领工钱的，领了工钱却装入有破洞的袋中。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们撒的种多，收的却少；你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；领工钱的，领了工钱却装入有破洞的袋中。
当代译本 - 你们种多收少，吃不饱，喝不足，穿不暖，挣来的工钱却放在破漏口袋中。”
圣经新译本 - 你们撒的种多，收割的却少；你们吃，却吃不饱；你们喝，却喝不足；你们穿衣服，却穿不暖；得工钱的，却把工钱放在破袋里。”
中文标准译本 - 你们种的多，收的少，吃却不得饱，喝却不得足，穿却不得暖，挣钱的，把挣来的装在有洞的钱袋里。
现代标点和合本 - 你们撒的种多，收的却少，你们吃却不得饱，喝却不得足，穿衣服却不得暖，得工钱的将工钱装在破漏的囊中。
和合本（拼音版） - 你们撒的种多，收的却少。你们吃，却不得饱；喝，却不得足；穿衣服，却不得暖；得工钱的，将工钱装在破漏的囊中。”
New International Version - You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
New International Reader's Version - You have planted many seeds. But the crops you have gathered are small. So you eat. But you never have enough. You drink. But you are never full. You put on your clothes. But you are not warm. You earn your pay. But it will not buy everything you need.”
English Standard Version - You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
New Living Translation - You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes!
Christian Standard Bible - You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be happy. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.”
New American Standard Bible - You have sown much, only to harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.”
New King James Version - “You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
Amplified Bible - You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].”
American Standard Version - Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
King James Version - Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
New English Translation - You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”
World English Bible - You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”
新標點和合本 - 你們撒的種多，收的卻少；你們吃，卻不得飽；喝，卻不得足；穿衣服，卻不得暖；得工錢的，將工錢裝在破漏的囊中。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們撒的種多，收的卻少；你們吃，卻不得飽；喝，卻不得足；穿衣服，卻不得暖；領工錢的，領了工錢卻裝入有破洞的袋中。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們撒的種多，收的卻少；你們吃，卻不得飽；喝，卻不得足；穿衣服，卻不得暖；領工錢的，領了工錢卻裝入有破洞的袋中。
當代譯本 - 你們種多收少，吃不飽，喝不足，穿不暖，掙來的工錢卻放在破漏口袋中。」
聖經新譯本 - 你們撒的種多，收割的卻少；你們吃，卻吃不飽；你們喝，卻喝不足；你們穿衣服，卻穿不暖；得工錢的，卻把工錢放在破袋裡。”
呂振中譯本 - 你們撒種，倒撒的多，收入的卻少；你們喫，卻喫不飽；喝，卻喝不足；有得穿，卻穿不暖；得了工錢，卻把工錢裝到刺破的口袋裏！
中文標準譯本 - 你們種的多，收的少，吃卻不得飽，喝卻不得足，穿卻不得暖，掙錢的，把掙來的裝在有洞的錢袋裡。
現代標點和合本 - 你們撒的種多，收的卻少，你們吃卻不得飽，喝卻不得足，穿衣服卻不得暖，得工錢的將工錢裝在破漏的囊中。
文理和合譯本 - 爾播多而穫少、食不得飽、飲不得足、衣不得暖、傭獲其值、盛於敝囊、
文理委辦譯本 - 爾播多穫少、食不果腹、飲不止渴、衣不得暖、工得其金、盛於敝囊。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾播多穫少、食不得飽、飲不止渴、衣不得暖、工得其值、盛於漏破之囊中、
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Ustedes siembran mucho, pero cosechan poco; comen, pero no quedan satisfechos; beben, pero no llegan a saciarse; se visten, pero no logran abrigarse; y al jornalero se le va su salario como por saco roto».
현대인의 성경 - 너희가 많이 심었으나 적게 거두었으며 너희가 먹어도 배부르지 않고 마셔도 흡족하지 않으며 입어도 따뜻하지 않고 품삯을 받아도 구멍 뚫린 지갑에 넣는 격이 되었다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Вы посеяли много, а собрали мало. Вы едите, но не наедаетесь. Вы пьете, но не напиваетесь. Вы одеваетесь, но не в силах согреться. Вы трудитесь лишь для того, чтобы положить заработанное в дырявый кошелек.
Восточный перевод - Вы посеяли много, а собрали мало. Вы едите, но не наедаетесь. Вы пьёте, но не напиваетесь. Вы одеваетесь, но не в силах согреться. Вы трудитесь лишь для того, чтобы положить заработанное в дырявый кошелёк.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Вы посеяли много, а собрали мало. Вы едите, но не наедаетесь. Вы пьёте, но не напиваетесь. Вы одеваетесь, но не в силах согреться. Вы трудитесь лишь для того, чтобы положить заработанное в дырявый кошелёк.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Вы посеяли много, а собрали мало. Вы едите, но не наедаетесь. Вы пьёте, но не напиваетесь. Вы одеваетесь, но не в силах согреться. Вы трудитесь лишь для того, чтобы положить заработанное в дырявый кошелёк.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - vous semez largement mais vous récoltez peu, vous mangez, sans être rassasiés et vous buvez, sans étancher votre soif. Vous vous couvrez d’habits sans être réchauffés, et le salaire que gagne l’ouvrier va dans une bourse trouée.
リビングバイブル - たくさん種をまいても、ほとんど収穫がない。飲み食いにも事欠き、寒さを防ぐ衣服も十分にない。収入は、穴の開いた財布に入れるようにすぐなくなる。」
Nova Versão Internacional - Vocês têm plantado muito, e colhido pouco. Vocês comem, mas não se fartam. Bebem, mas não se satisfazem. Vestem-se, mas não se aquecem. Aquele que recebe salário, recebe-o para colocá-lo numa bolsa furada”.
Hoffnung für alle - Ihr habt viel Saat ausgesät, aber wenig geerntet. Ihr esst und werdet nicht satt, ihr trinkt und bleibt durstig. Was ihr anzieht, wärmt euch nicht, und das sauer verdiente Geld rinnt euch nur so durch die Finger.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Các ngươi gieo nhiều nhưng gặt ít. Ngươi ăn mà không no. Ngươi uống mà không đã khát. Ngươi mặc mà vẫn không đủ ấm, tiền lương tiêu phí hết như bỏ vào túi thủng!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เจ้าปลูกมากแต่เก็บเกี่ยวน้อยนิด เจ้ากินแต่ไม่เคยอิ่ม เจ้าดื่มแต่ก็ไม่เคยสิ้นความกระหาย เจ้านุ่งห่มแต่ไม่อบอุ่น เจ้าได้ค่าแรงแต่ก็เอามาใส่ในกระเป๋าเงินที่รั่ว”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - พวกเจ้าหว่านไว้มาก แต่เก็บเกี่ยวน้อยนิด พวกเจ้ารับประทาน แต่ไม่เคยพอ พวกเจ้าดื่ม แต่ก็ไม่จุใจ พวกเจ้าสวมใส่เสื้อผ้า แต่ไม่มีใครรู้สึกอบอุ่น และคนที่ได้รับค่าจ้างก็เก็บไว้ในกระเป๋าที่มีรูโหว่”

Ezekiel 4:16 - Then he said to me, “Son of man, I’m going to cut off all food from Jerusalem. The people will live on starvation rations, worrying where the next meal’s coming from, scrounging for the next drink of water. Famine conditions. People will look at one another, see nothing but skin and bones, and shake their heads. This is what sin does.”
Amos 4:6 - “You know, don’t you, that I’m the One who emptied your pantries and cleaned out your cupboards, Who left you hungry and standing in bread lines? But you never got hungry for me. You continued to ignore me.” God’s Decree.
Amos 4:7 - “Yes, and I’m the One who stopped the rains three months short of harvest. I’d make it rain on one village but not on another. I’d make it rain on one field but not on another—and that one would dry up. People would stagger from village to village crazed for water and never quenching their thirst. But you never got thirsty for me. You ignored me.” God’s Decree.
Amos 4:9 - “I hit your crops with disease and withered your orchards and gardens. Locusts devoured your olive and fig trees, but you continued to ignore me.” God’s Decree.
1 Kings 17:12 - She said, “I swear, as surely as your God lives, I don’t have so much as a biscuit. I have a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a bottle; you found me scratching together just enough firewood to make a last meal for my son and me. After we eat it, we’ll die.”
2 Samuel 21:1 - There was a famine in David’s time. It went on year after year after year—three years. David went to God seeking the reason. God said, “This is because there is blood on Saul and his house, from the time he massacred the Gibeonites.”
Joel 1:11 - Dirt farmers, despair! Grape growers, wring your hands! Lament the loss of wheat and barley. All crops have failed. Vineyards dried up, fig trees withered, Pomegranates, date palms, and apple trees— deadwood everywhere! And joy is dried up and withered in the hearts of the people.
Joel 1:13 - And also you priests, put on your robes and join the outcry. You who lead people in worship, lead them in lament. Spend the night dressed in gunnysacks, you servants of my God. Nothing’s going on in the place of worship, no offerings, no prayers—nothing. Declare a holy fast, call a special meeting, get the leaders together, Round up everyone in the country. Get them into God’s Sanctuary for serious prayer to God.
Deuteronomy 28:38 - You’ll plant sacks and sacks of seed in the field but get almost nothing—the grasshoppers will devour it. You’ll plant and hoe and prune vineyards but won’t drink or put up any wine—the worms will devour them. You’ll have groves of olive trees everywhere, but you’ll have no oil to rub on your face or hands—the olives will have fallen off. You’ll have sons and daughters but they won’t be yours for long—they’ll go off to captivity. Locusts will take over all your trees and crops.
Haggai 1:9 - “And why?” (This is a Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, remember.) “Because while you’ve run around, caught up with taking care of your own houses, my Home is in ruins. That’s why. Because of your stinginess. And so I’ve given you a dry summer and a meager crop. I’ve matched your tight-fisted stinginess by decreeing a season of drought, drying up fields and hills, withering gardens and orchards, stunting vegetables and fruit. Nothing—not man or woman, not animal or crop—is going to thrive.” * * *