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44 lines
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Encouragement and Promise
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# Chapter 2
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1. On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:
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2. "Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and to the remnant of the people:
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3. 'Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Doesn't it seem to you like nothing by comparison?
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4. Even so, be strong, Zerubbabel--this is the Lord's declaration. Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land--this is the Lord's declaration. Work! For I am with you--the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
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5. This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit is present among you; don't be afraid.'"
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6. For the Lord of Armies says this: "Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
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7. I will shake all the nations so that the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory," says the Lord of Armies.
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8. "The silver and gold belong to me"--this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
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9. "The final glory of this house will be greater than the first," says the Lord of Armies. "I will provide peace in this place"--this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
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From Deprivation to Blessing
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10. On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai:
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11. "This is what the Lord of Armies says: Ask the priests for a ruling.
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12. If a man is carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy?"
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The priests answered, "No."
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13. Then Haggai asked, "If someone defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?"
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The priests answered, "It becomes defiled."
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14. Then Haggai replied, "So is this people, and so is this nation before me--this is the Lord's declaration. And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.
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15. "Now from this day on, think carefully: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord's temple,
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16. what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of twenty measures, it only amounted to ten; when one came to the winepress to dip fifty measures from the vat, it only amounted to twenty.
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17. I struck you--all the work of your hands--with blight, mildew, and hail, but you didn't turn to me--this is the Lord's declaration.
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18. From this day on, think carefully; from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid; think carefully.
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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."
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Promise to Zerubbabel
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20. The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:
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21. "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
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22. I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms. I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother's sword.
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23. On that day"--this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies--"I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant"--this is the Lord's declaration--"and make you like my signet ring, for I have chosen you." This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
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