Haggai 2:14-19

New International Version

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) 16} When anyone came to a heap^(F) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat^(G) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.^{(H) 17} I struck all the work of your hands^(I) with blight,^(J) mildew and hail,^(K) yet you did not return^(L) to me,’ declares the Lord.^{(M) 18} ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought^(N) to the day when the foundation^(O) 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^(P) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.^(Q)

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