Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Consideryour ways!
"For [He says], 'Orderon order,orderon order,Lineon line,lineon line,A littlehere,a littlethere.'"
Let us examineand probeour ways,And let us returnto the LORD.
Nowtherefore, thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Consideryour ways!
"You have sownmuch,but harvestlittle;[you] eat,but [there is] not [enough] to be satisfied;[you] drink,but [there is] not [enough] to becomedrunk;[you] puton clothing,but nooneis warm[enough]; and he who earns,earnswages[to put] into a pursewith holes."
"Goup to the mountains,bringwoodand rebuildthe temple,that I may be pleasedwith it and be glorified,"saysthe LORD.
But now,do considerfrom thisdayonward:beforeone stonewas placedon anotherin the templeof the LORD,
Finally,my brethren,rejoicein the Lord.To writethe same things[again] is notroubleto me, and it is a safeguardfor you.
