Haggai:1-2
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In the second year of Darius the king ,
in the sixth month ,
in the first day of the month ,
came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel ,
governor of Judah ,
and to Joshua the son of Josedech ,
the high priest ,
saying ,
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Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts ,
saying ,
This people say ,
The time is not come ,
the time that the LORD '
S house should be built .
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Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet ,
saying ,
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Is it time for you ,
O ye ,
to dwell in your cieled houses ,
and this house lie waste ?
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Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Consider your ways .
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Ye have sown much ,
and bring in little ;
ye eat ,
but ye have not enough ;
ye drink ,
but ye are not filled with drink ;
ye clothe you ,
but there is none warm ;
and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Consider your ways .
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Go up to the mountain ,
and bring wood ,
and build the house ;
and I will take pleasure in it ,
and I will be glorified ,
saith the LORD .
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Ye looked for much ,
and ,
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it came to little ;
and when ye brought it home ,
I did blow upon it .
Why ?
saith the LORD of hosts .
Because of mine house that is waste ,
and ye run every man unto his own house .
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Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew ,
and the earth is stayed from her fruit .
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And I called for a drought upon the land ,
and upon the mountains ,
and upon the corn ,
and upon the new wine ,
and upon the oil ,
and upon that which the ground bringeth forth ,
and upon men ,
and upon cattle ,
and upon all the labour of the hands .
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Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel ,
and Joshua the son of Josedech ,
the high priest ,
with all the remnant of the people ,
obeyed the voice of the LORD their God ,
and the words of Haggai the prophet ,
as the LORD their God had sent him ,
and the people did fear before the LORD .
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Then spake Haggai the LORD '
S messenger in the LORD '
S message unto the people ,
saying ,
I am with you ,
saith the LORD .
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And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel ,
governor of Judah ,
and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech ,
the high priest ,
and the spirit of all the remnant of the people ;
and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts ,
their God ,
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In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month ,
in the second year of Darius the king .
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In the seventh month ,
in the one and twentieth day of the month ,
came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai ,
saying ,
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Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel ,
governor of Judah ,
and to Joshua the son of Josedech ,
the high priest ,
and to the residue of the people ,
saying ,
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Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory ?
and how do ye see it now ?
is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing ?
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Yet now be strong ,
O Zerubbabel ,
saith the LORD ;
and be strong ,
O Joshua ,
son of Josedech ,
the high priest ;
and be strong ,
all ye people of the land ,
saith the LORD ,
and work :
for I am with you ,
saith the LORD of hosts :
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According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt ,
so my spirit remaineth among you :
fear ye not .
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Yet once ,
it is a little while ,
and I will shake the heavens ,
and the earth ,
and the sea ,
and the dry land ;
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And I will shake all nations ,
and the desire of all nations shall come :
and I will fill this house with glory ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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The silver is mine ,
and the gold is mine ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former ,
saith the LORD of hosts :
and in this place will I give peace ,
saith the LORD of hosts .
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In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month ,
in the second year of Darius ,
came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ;
Ask now the priests concerning the law ,
saying ,
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If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment ,
and with his skirt do touch bread ,
or pottage ,
or wine ,
or oil ,
or any meat ,
shall it be holy ?
And the priests answered and said ,
No .
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Then said Haggai ,
If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these ,
shall it be unclean ?
And the priests answered and said ,
It shall be unclean .
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Then answered Haggai ,
and said ,
So is this people ,
and so is this nation before me ,
saith the LORD ;
and so is every work of their hands ;
and that which they offer there is unclean .
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And now ,
I pray you ,
consider from this day and upward ,
from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD :
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Since those days were ,
when one came to an heap of twenty measures ,
there were but ten :
when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press ,
there were but twenty .
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I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands ;
yet ye turned not to me ,
saith the LORD .
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Consider now from this day and upward ,
from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month ,
even from the day that the foundation of the LORD '
S temple was laid ,
consider it .
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Is the seed yet in the barn ?
yea ,
as yet the vine ,
and the fig tree ,
and the pomegranate ,
and the olive tree ,
hath not brought forth :
from this day will I bless you .
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And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month ,
saying ,
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Speak to Zerubbabel ,
governor of Judah ,
saying ,
I will shake the heavens and the earth ;
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And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms ,
and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen ;
and I will overthrow the chariots ,
and those that ride in them ;
and the horses and their riders shall come down ,
every one by the sword of his brother .
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In that day ,
saith the LORD of hosts ,
will I take thee ,
O Zerubbabel ,
my servant ,
the son of Shealtiel ,
saith the LORD ,
and will make thee as a signet :
for I have chosen thee ,
saith the LORD of hosts .