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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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Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
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You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
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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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But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.
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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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If someone carries consecrated meat in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?’” The priests answered, “No.”
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“‘Now give careful thought to this from this day on—consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple.
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I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,’ declares the Lord.
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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.’”
