¹⁰ Bring the full tenth into the storehouse^(A) so that there may be food in my house.^(B) Test me in this way,”^(C) says the Lord of Armies. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven^(D) and pour out a blessing for you without measure.^(E)

¹⁸ From this day on, think carefully;^(A) from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid; think carefully.

¹⁹ Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you.”^(A)