“Then the word of Yahweh
Came
By the prophet Haggai.
‘Is it a time
For you yourselves
To live
In your paneled houses,
While this house
Lies in ruins?’”
Yahweh, via Haggai, asked the question about the right time to rebuild the house of Yahweh, the Temple. He wanted to know why they were so happy in their own paneled houses when the Temple was still in ruins since 587 BCE.
