Go up to the (A)mountains and bring wood and build the [a]temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the Lord.

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  1. Haggai 1:8 Lit. house

13 (A)For the Lord has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His [a]dwelling place:
14 “This(B) is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

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  1. Psalm 132:13 home

They also gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and (A)food, drink, and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to the sea, to (B)Joppa, (C)according to the permission which they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

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16 For now (A)I have chosen and [a]sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and [b]My eyes and [c]My heart will be there perpetually.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 7:16 set apart
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:16 My attention
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:16 My concern

(A)Also send me cedar and cypress and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and indeed my servants will be with your servants, to prepare timber for me in abundance, for the [a]temple which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

10 (B)And indeed I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut timber, twenty thousand kors of ground wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 2:9 Lit. house

and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to (A)the [a]Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this [b]temple with (B)glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.

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  1. Haggai 2:7 Or desire of all nations
  2. Haggai 2:7 Lit. house

“Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, saying: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.” ’ ”

Then the word of the Lord (A)came by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it (B)time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, and this [a]temple to lie in ruins?”

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  1. Haggai 1:4 Lit. house

Jonah Preaches at Nineveh

Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.”

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And the Lord said to him: (A)“I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built (B)to put My name there forever, (C)and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.

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43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle (A)shall be sanctified by My glory.

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The New Commandment

31 So, when he had gone out, Jesus said, (A)“Now the Son of Man is glorified, and (B)God is glorified in Him. 32 If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and (C)glorify Him immediately.

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Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not think to say to yourselves, (A)‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

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Desolation of Israel

11 Open (A)your doors, O Lebanon,
That fire may devour your cedars.
Wail, O cypress, for the (B)cedar has fallen,
Because the mighty trees are ruined.
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
(C)For the thick forest has come down.

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(A)‘The glory of this latter [a]temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give (B)peace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”

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  1. Haggai 2:9 Lit. house

11 That you may feed and be satisfied
With the consolation of her bosom,
That you may drink deeply and be delighted
With the abundance of her glory.”

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13 “The(A) glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
The cypress, the pine, and the box tree together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I will make (B)the place of My feet glorious.

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All the flocks of (A)Kedar shall be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;
They shall ascend with (B)acceptance on My altar,
And (C)I will glorify the house of My glory.

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(A)The Lord loves the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
(B)Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God! Selah

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(A)with three rows of heavy stones and one row of new timber. Let the (B)expenses be paid from the king’s treasury.

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