Haggai 1:8-10

EasyEnglish Bible

⁸ Now go up to the hills to get wood to build my temple again. If you do that, I will be happy. You will worship me there as you should do. ⁹ You thought that you would get a lot of food from the crops that grow in your fields. But only a few plants grew. When you brought your food home, it quickly disappeared. I blew it away! Why do you think all this happened? It happened because my temple is still a heap of stones. At the same time, you all work hard to build your own houses. I, the Almighty Lord, am telling you this! ¹⁰ That is why there has been no rain on your fields. That is why your plants do not grow well.