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In the seventh[H7637]month[H2320], in the one[H259] and twentieth[H6242] day of the month[H2320], came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]by[H3027] the prophet[H5030]Haggai[H2292], saying[H559],
2Speak[H559] now to 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], and to the residue[H7611] of the people[H5971], saying[H559],
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Who is left[H7604] among you that saw[H7200] this house[H1004] in her first[H7223]glory?[H3519] and how do ye see[H7200] it now? is it not in your eyes[H5869] in comparison[H3644] of it as nothing?
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Yet now be strong[H2388], O Zerubbabel[H2216], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; and be strong[H2388], O Joshua[H3091], son[H1121] of Josedech[H3087], the high[H1419]priest[H3548]; and be strong[H2388], all ye people[H5971] of the land[H776], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], and work[H6213]: for I am with you, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]:
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According to the word[H1697] that I covenanted[H3772] with you when ye came[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714], so my spirit[H7307]remaineth[H5975]among[H8432] you: fear[H3372] ye not.
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For thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Yet once[H259], it is a little while[H4592], and I will shake[H7493] the heavens[H8064], and the earth[H776], and the sea[H3220], and the dry[H2724] land;
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And I will shake[H7493] all nations[H1471], and the desire[H2532] of all nations[H1471] shall come[H935]: and I will fill[H4390] this house[H1004] with glory[H3519], saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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The silver[H3701] is mine, and the gold[H2091] is mine, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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The glory[H3519] of this latter[H314]house[H1004] shall be greater than[H1419] of the former[H7223], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]: and in this place[H4725] will I give[H5414]peace[H7965], saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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In the four[H702] and twentieth[H6242] day of the ninth[H8671] month, in the second[H8147]year[H8141] of Darius[H1867], came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068]by[H3027]Haggai[H2292] the prophet[H5030], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; Ask[H7592] now the priests[H3548] concerning the law[H8451], saying[H559],
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If one[H376]bear[H5375]holy[H6944]flesh[H1320] in the skirt[H3671] of his garment[H899], and with his skirt[H3671] do touch[H5060]bread[H3899], or pottage[H5138], or wine[H3196], or oil[H8081], or any meat[H3978], shall it be holy?[H6942] And the priests[H3548]answered[H6030] and said[H559], No.
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Then said[H559]Haggai[H2292], If one that is unclean[H2931] by a dead body[H5315]touch[H5060] any of these, shall it be unclean?[H2930] And the priests[H3548]answered[H6030] and said[H559], It shall be unclean[H2930].
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Then answered[H6030]Haggai[H2292], and said[H559], So is this people[H5971], and so is this nation[H1471]before[H6440] me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; and so is every work[H4639] of their hands[H3027]; and that which they offer[H7126] there is unclean[H2931].
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And now, I pray you, consider[H7760] from this day[H3117] and upward[H4605], from before[H2962] a stone[H68] was laid[H7760] upon a stone[H68] in the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068]:
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Since those days were, when one came[H935] to an heap[H6194] of twenty[H6242] measures, there were but ten[H6235]: when one came[H935] to the pressfat[H3342] for to draw out[H2834]fifty[H2572] vessels out[H2834] of the press[H6333], there were but twenty[H6242].
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I smote[H5221] you with blasting[H7711] and with mildew[H3420] and with hail[H1259] in all the labours[H4639] of your hands[H3027]; yet ye turned not to me, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
18Consider[H7760] now from this day[H3117] and upward[H4605], from the four[H702] and twentieth[H6242]day[H3117] of the ninth[H8671] month, even from the day[H3117] that the foundation[H3245] of the LORD'S temple[H1964] was laid, consider[H3824] it.
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Is the seed[H2233] yet in the barn?[H4035] yea, as yet the vine[H1612], and the fig tree[H8384], and the pomegranate[H7416], and the olive[H2132]tree[H6086], hath not brought forth[H5375]: from this day[H3117] will I bless[H1288] you.
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And again[H8145] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto Haggai[H2292] in the four[H702] and twentieth[H6242] day of the month[H2320], saying[H559],
21Speak[H559] to Zerubbabel[H2216], governor[H6346] of Judah[H3063], saying[H559], I will shake[H7493] the heavens[H8064] and the earth[H776];
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And I will overthrow[H2015] the throne[H3678] of kingdoms[H4467], and I will destroy[H8045] the strength[H2392] of the kingdoms[H4467] of the heathen[H1471]; and I will overthrow[H2015] the chariots[H4818], and those that ride[H7392] in them; and the horses[H5483] and their riders[H7392] shall come down[H3381], every one[H376] by the sword[H2719] of his brother[H251].
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In that day[H3117], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], will I take[H3947] thee, O Zerubbabel[H2216], my servant[H5650], the son[H1121] of Shealtiel[H7597], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], and will make[H7760] thee as a signet[H2368]: for I have chosen[H977] thee, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].