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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.’”
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“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?”
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Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
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This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
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“You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with your own house.
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Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops.
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‘Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing?
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‘This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.’
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“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
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I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord Almighty.
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‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty.
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“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Ask the priests what the law says:
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Then Haggai said, “‘So it is with this people and this nation in my sight,’ declares the Lord. ‘Whatever they do and whatever they offer there is defiled.
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Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit. “‘From this day on I will bless you.’”
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“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
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I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
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“‘On that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”
