^{5 Ref} For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.

^{6 Ref} Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.

^{7 Ref} This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.

^{8 Ref} Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

^{9 Ref} You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.