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Haggai 2

The Builders Encouraged

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On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came by  aHaggai the prophet saying,

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"Speak now to  aZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,  agovernor of Judah, and to  aJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the  bremnant of the people saying,

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`Who is  aleft among you who saw this  1temple in its  bformer glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not  2seem to you like nothing  3in comparison?

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`But now  1 atake courage, Zerubbabel,' declares the LORD, `take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,' declares the LORD, `and work; for  bI am with you,' declares the LORD of hosts.

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`As for the  1 apromise which I  2made you when you came out of Egypt,  3My  bSpirit is abiding in your midst;  cdo not fear!'

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"For thus says the LORD of hosts, ` aOnce more  1in a  blittle while, I am going to  cshake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.

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`I will shake  aall the nations; and  1they will come with the  bwealth of all nations, and I will  cfill this house with glory,' says the LORD of hosts.

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`The  asilver is Mine and the gold is Mine,' declares the LORD of hosts.

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`The latter  aglory of this house will be greater than the  bformer,' says the LORD of hosts, `and in this place I will give  cpeace,' declares the LORD of hosts."

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On the  atwenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

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"Thus says the LORD of hosts, ` aAsk now the priests for a  1ruling:

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`If a man carries  aholy meat in the  1fold of his garment, and touches bread with  2this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?' " And the priests answered, "No."

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Then Haggai said, " aIf one who is unclean from a  1corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?" And the priests answered, "It will become unclean."

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Then Haggai said, " ` aSo is this people. And so is this nation before Me,' declares the LORD, `and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.

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`But now, do  1 aconsider from this day  2onward: before one  bstone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,

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 1from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty  2measures, there would be only twenty.

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`I smote you and every work of your hands with  ablasting wind, mildew and hail;  1yet you did not come back to Me,' declares the LORD.

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`Do  1 aconsider from this day  2onward, from the  btwenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the LORD was  cfounded,  1consider:

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`Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will  abless you."'

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Then the word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the  atwenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

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"Speak to  aZerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, `I am going to  bshake the heavens and the earth.

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`I will  aoverthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the  bpower of the kingdoms of the  1nations; and I will  coverthrow the chariots and their riders, and the  dhorses and their riders will go down,  eeveryone by the sword of another.'

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`On that day,' declares the LORD of hosts, `I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,' declares the LORD, `and I will make you like a  1 asignet ring, for  bI have chosen you,' " declares the LORD of hosts.



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