⁵ Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought^(A) to your ways.

⁷ This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought^(A) to your ways.

¹⁴ Then Haggai said, “‘So it is with this people^(A) and this nation in my sight,’ declares the Lord. ‘Whatever they do and whatever they offer^(B) there is defiled.

¹⁵ “‘Now give careful thought^(C) to this from this day on^[a]—consider how things were before one stone was laid^(D) on another in the Lord’s temple.^(E)

¹⁷ I struck all the work of your hands^(A) with blight,^(B) mildew and hail,^(C) yet you did not return^(D) to me,’ declares the Lord.^{(E) 18} ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought^(F) to the day when the foundation^(G) of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: