Story · 11 · Haggai
Wages in pockets with holes
Haggai describes a struggling Judah: people sow much and harvest little, eat but never have enough, earn wages only to put them in pockets full of holes.
Hard times are when communities decide who they are.
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Haggai's diagnosis was that God's house lay in ruins while everyone rushed to their own homes. His solution: go up into the hills, gather timber, and build. We know almost nothing else about this prophet, yet his words changed Judah's history.
Bible reference: Haggai 1:4–8
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 169–170
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