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Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say, The time is not yet come that the [a]Lord’s house should be rebuilt [although Cyrus had ordered it done eighteen years before].(A)

Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins?

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:2 See footnote on Ezra 4:24.

This is what the Lord Almighty(A) says: “These people(B) say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.(C)’”

Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:(D) “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(E) while this house remains a ruin?(F)

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