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In the second[H8147]year[H8141] of Darius[H1867] the king[H4428], in the sixth[H8345]month[H2320], in the first[H259]day[H3117] of the month[H2320], came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]by[H3027]Haggai[H2292] the prophet[H5030] unto Zerubbabel[H2216] the son[H1121] of Shealtiel[H7597], governor[H6346] of Judah[H3063], and to Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Josedech[H3087], the high[H1419]priest[H3548], saying[H559],
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Thus speaketh[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], saying[H559], This people[H5971]say[H559], The time[H6256] is not come[H935], the time[H6256] that the LORD[H3068]'S house[H1004] should be built[H1129].
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Then came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]by[H3027]Haggai[H2292] the prophet[H5030], saying[H559],
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Is it time[H6256] for you, O ye, to dwell[H3427] in your cieled[H5603]houses[H1004], and this house[H1004] lie waste?[H2720]
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Now therefore thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Consider[H7760] your ways[H1870].
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Ye have sown[H2232]much[H7235], and bring[H935] in little[H4592]; ye eat[H398], but ye have not enough[H7654]; ye drink[H8354], but ye are not filled with drink[H7937]; ye clothe[H3847] you, but there is none warm[H2527]; and he that earneth wages[H7936] earneth wages[H7936] to put it into a bag[H6872] with holes[H5344].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Consider[H7760] your ways[H1870].
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Go up[H5927] to the mountain[H2022], and bring[H935]wood[H6086], and build[H1129] the house[H1004]; and I will take pleasure[H7521] in it, and I will be glorified[H3513], saith[H559] the LORD[H3068].
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Ye looked[H6437] for much[H7235], and, lo, it came to little[H4592]; and when ye brought[H935] it home[H1004], I did blow[H5301] upon it. Why? saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]. Because[H3282] of mine house[H1004] that is waste[H2720], and ye run[H7323] every man[H376] unto his own house[H1004].
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Therefore the heaven[H8064] over you is stayed[H3607] from dew[H2919], and the earth[H776] is stayed[H3607] from her fruit[H2981].
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And I called[H7121] for a drought[H2721] upon the land[H776], and upon the mountains[H2022], and upon the corn[H1715], and upon the new wine[H8492], and upon the oil[H3323], and upon that which the ground[H127] bringeth forth[H3318], and upon men[H120], and upon cattle[H929], and upon all the labour[H3018] of the hands[H3709].
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Then Zerubbabel[H2216] the son[H1121] of Shealtiel[H7597], and Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Josedech[H3087], the high[H1419]priest[H3548], with all the remnant[H7611] of the people[H5971], obeyed[H8085] the voice[H6963] of the LORD[H3068] their God[H430], and the words[H1697] of Haggai[H2292] the prophet[H5030], as the LORD[H3068] their God[H430] had sent[H7971] him, and the people[H5971] did fear[H3372]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
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Then spake[H559]Haggai[H2292] the LORD[H3068]'S messenger[H4397] in the LORD[H3068]'S message[H4400] unto the people[H5971], saying[H559], I am with you, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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And the LORD[H3068] stirred up[H5782] the spirit[H7307] of Zerubbabel[H2216] the son[H1121] of Shealtiel[H7597], governor[H6346] of Judah[H3063], and the spirit[H7307] of Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Josedech[H3087], the high[H1419]priest[H3548], and the spirit[H7307] of all the remnant[H7611] of the people[H5971]; and they came[H935] and did[H6213]work[H4399] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], their God[H430],
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In the four[H702] and twentieth[H6242]day[H3117] of the sixth[H8345]month[H2320], in the second[H8147]year[H8141] of Darius[H1867] the king[H4428].