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in the seventh month ,
on the twenty-first day of the month ,
the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet ,
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Speak now to Zerub '
babel the son of She-al '
ti-el ,
governor of Judah ,
and to Joshua the son of Jehoz '
adak ,
the high priest ,
and to all the remnant of the people ,
and say ,
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Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory ?
How do you see it now ?
Is it not in your sight as nothing ?
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Yet now take courage ,
O Zerub '
babel ,
says the LORD ;
take courage ,
O Joshua ,
son of Jehoz '
adak ,
the high priest ;
take courage ,
all you people of the land ,
says the LORD ;
work ,
for I am with you ,
says the LORD of hosts ,
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according to the promise that I made you when you came out of Egypt .
My Spirit abides among you ;
fear not .
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For thus says the LORD of hosts :
Once again ,
in a little while ,
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 ,
so that the treasures of all nations shall come in ,
and I will fill this house with splendor ,
says the LORD of hosts .
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The silver is mine ,
and the gold is mine ,
says the LORD of hosts .
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The latter splendor of this house shall be greater than the former ,
says the LORD of hosts ;
and in this place I will give prosperity ,
says the LORD of hosts .'"
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On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month ,
in the second year of Darius ,
the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet ,
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Thus says the LORD of hosts :
Ask the priests to decide this question ,
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If one carries holy flesh in the skirt of his garment ,
and touches with his skirt bread ,
or pottage ,
or wine ,
or oil ,
or any kind of food ,
does it become holy ?'"
The priests answered , "
No ."
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Then said Haggai , "
If one who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these ,
does it become unclean ?"
The priests answered , "
It does become unclean ."
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Then Haggai said , "
So is it with this people ,
and with this nation before me ,
says the LORD ;
and so with every work of their hands ;
and what they offer there is unclean .
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Pray now ,
consider what will come to pass from this day onward .
Before a stone was placed upon a stone in the temple of the LORD ,
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how did you fare ?
When one came to a heap of twenty measures ,
there were but ten ;
when one came to the winevat to draw fifty measures ,
there were but twenty .
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I smote you and all the products of your toil with blight and mildew and hail ;
yet you did not return to me ,
says the LORD .
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Consider from this day onward ,
from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month .
Since the day that the foundation of the LORD '
s temple was laid ,
consider :
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Is the seed yet in the barn ?
Do the vine ,
the fig tree ,
the pomegranate ,
and the olive tree still yield nothing ?
From this day on I will bless you ."
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The word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month ,