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: ¹⁹ Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate^(H) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.^(I)

“‘From this day on I will bless^(J) you.’”