Haggai 2:13-15

Amplified Bible

¹³ Then Haggai said, “If one who is [ceremonially] unclean because of [contact with] a corpse touches any of these [articles of food], will it be unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will be unclean.” [Ceremonial uncleanness, like sin, is infectious.] ¹⁴ Then Haggai answered, “‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there [on the altar] is unclean [because they who offer it are unclean]. ¹⁵ But now, do consider [what will happen] from this day forward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord,