World English Bible
"Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit."
— Haggai 1:10, World English Bible
“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. ”
“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.”
This is what Yahweh of Armies says: "Consider your ways.
Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.
"You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says Yahweh of Armies, "Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.
Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands."
Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh, their God, and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.
Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke Yahweh's message to the people, saying, "I am with you," says Yahweh.