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| 2:1 |
On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai:
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| 2:2 |
"Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
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| 2:3 |
`Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing?
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| 2:4 |
But now be strong, O Zerubbabel,' declares the LORD. `Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' declares the LORD, `and work. For I am with you,' declares the LORD Almighty.
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| 2:5 |
`This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.
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| 2:6 |
"'This is what the LORD Almighty says: `In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
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| 2:7 |
I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty.
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| 2:8 |
`The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD Almighty.
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| 2:9 |
`The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. `And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."
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| 2:10 |
On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai:
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| 2:11 |
"This is what the LORD Almighty says: `Ask the priests what the law says:
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| 2:12 |
If a person carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, oil or other food, does it become consecrated?' " The priests answered, "No."
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| 2:13 |
Then Haggai said, "If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?" "Yes," the priests replied, "it becomes defiled."
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| 2:14 |
Then Haggai said, " `So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,' declares the LORD. `Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.
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| 2:15 |
"`Now give careful thought to this from this day on-- consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the LORD's temple.
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| 2:16 |
When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.
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| 2:17 |
I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not turn to me,' declares the LORD.
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| 2:18 |
`From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid. Give careful thought:
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| 2:19 |
Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit. " `From this day on I will bless you.' "
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| 2:20 |
The word of the LORD came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:
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| 2:21 |
"Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I will shake the heavens and the earth.
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| 2:22 |
I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
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| 2:23 |
"`On that day,' declares the LORD Almighty, `I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,' declares the LORD, `and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you, 'declares the LORD Almighty."
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