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In the seventh month, in the twentieth and first◦ day of the month, the word of Jehovah was by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying,
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Say now◦ to▵ Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to▵ Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the great priest, and to▵ those who··are··left of the people, saying,
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Who is left among◦ you who saw this house in its first glory, and how do you◦ see it now? Is it not as··it··were▵ as nothing◦ in your eyes?
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And now be··firm, O Zerubbabel, says◦ Jehovah; and be··firm, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the great priest; and be··firm, all ye people of the land, says◦ Jehovah, and do; for I◦ am with◦ you, says◦ Jehovah of Armies.
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According to the word that I covenanted with◦ you when you went··out from Egypt, so My spirit stood among▵ you; fear ye not.
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For thus says Jehovah of Armies: once more◦—it◦ is a··little while—and I◦ will cause the heavens to quake, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry◦ land;
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and I will cause all nations to quake, and the desire of all nations shall come; and I will··fill this house with glory, says Jehovah of Armies.
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The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, says◦ Jehovah of Armies.
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The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the first, says◦ Jehovah of Armies; and in this place I will give peace, says Jehovah of Armies.
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In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, was the word of Jehovah to▵ Haggai the prophet, saying,
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Thus says Jehovah of Armies: Ask now◦ the priests concerning the law, saying,
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Behold, a man◦ bears holy flesh in the wing of his garment, and with his wing touches bread, or◦ stew, or◦ wine, or◦ oil, or◦ any food, shall it be··holy? And the priests answered and said, No◦.
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And Haggai said, If one who is defiled unclean by a dead body should touch any of these, shall· it ·be··unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall··be··unclean.
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And Haggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before Me, says◦ Jehovah; and so is every work◦ of their hands; and that which they offer there, it◦ is unclean.
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And now, I pray◦ you, Set your heart from this day and upward: from before◦ a stone was set onto▵ a stone in the temple of Jehovah—
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from when they used··to··be, when he came to▵ a stack of twenty, and there were ten; when he came to▵ the winepress to scoop··out fifty from the wine··vat, and there were twenty.
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I smote you with scorching◦ and with mildew and with hail in all the deeds of your hands; and you turned not◦ to▵ Me, says◦ Jehovah.
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Set your heart, I pray◦ you, from this day and upward, from the twentieth and fourth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the founding of Jehovah’s temple was made, set your heart.
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Is▵ the seed still in the granary? As yet the vine, and the fig··tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, has not borne; but from this day will I bless you.
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And again the word of Jehovah was to▵ Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
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Say to▵ Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I◦ will cause the heavens and the earth to quake;
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and I will overturn the throne of kingdoms, and I will blot··out the firmness of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overturn the chariots, and those who ride in them, and the horses and their riders shall go··down, a man◦ by the sword of his brother.
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In that◦ day, says◦ Jehovah of Armies, I will take thee, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, says◦ Jehovah, and will set thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, says◦ Jehovah of Armies.
