|Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
|Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
|"Is it really time for all of you to rest in your vaulted homes while ''this'' house remains like this?"
|"Is it really time for all of you to rest in your vaulted homes while ''this'' house remains like this?"
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|"This house" is the temple in Jerusalem. Haggai's prophecy dates from shortly after the return of the Jews from exile in Babylon (c.520BC) and is an exhortation to speed up the rebuilding the temple.