Catholic Public Domain Version
"Because of this, the heavens over you have been prohibited from giving dew, and the earth has been prohibited from giving her sprouts."
— Haggai 1:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.”
“Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. ”
“Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.”
“This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.”
“Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits:”
“For this cause the heaven over you is kept from giving dew, and the earth from giving her fruit.”
“Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.”
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts upon your ways.
Ascend to the mountain, bring wood and build the house, and it shall be acceptable to me, and I shall be glorified, says the Lord.
You have looked for more, and behold, it became less, and you brought it home, and I blew it away. What is the cause of this, says the Lord of hosts? It is because my house is desolate, yet you have hurried, each one to his own house.
Because of this, the heavens over you have been prohibited from giving dew, and the earth has been prohibited from giving her sprouts.
And I called a drought over the land, and over the mountains, and over the wheat, and over the wine, and over the oil, and whatever the soil would bring forth, and over men, and over beasts of burden, and over all the labor of hands.
And Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jesus the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people heeded the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, just as the Lord their God sent him to them. And the people were fearful before the face of the Lord.
And Haggai, a messenger of the Lord among messengers of the Lord, spoke to the people, saying: the Lord says, “I am with you.”