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Haggai 2:15

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“‘Think about what has happened to you. Think about how things were before you began working on the Lord’s Temple.

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Now the Lord All-Powerful says, ‘Think about what is happening.

The Lord All-Powerful said, “Think about what you are doing.

So the work stopped on God’s Temple in Jerusalem. The work did not continue until the second year that Darius was king of Persia.

The builders finished laying the foundation for the Lord’s Temple. When the foundation was finished, the priests put on their special clothing. Then they got their trumpets, and the sons of Asaph got their cymbals. They all took their places to praise the Lord. This was done the way King David of Israel had ordered in the past.

“The Lord said, ‘Today is the 24th day of the ninth month. You have finished laying the foundation of the Lord’s Temple. So notice what happens from this day forward:

But if we judged ourselves in the right way, then God would not judge us.

You did evil things, and now you are ashamed of what you did. Did those things help you? No, they only brought death.

A wise person understands these things, and a smart person should learn them. The Lord’s ways are right. Good people will live by them. Sinners will die by them.

At your parties with your wine, harps, drums, flutes, and other musical instruments, you don’t see what the Lord has done. You don’t notice what his hands have made.

Whoever is wise will remember these things and begin to understand the Lord’s faithful love.

People wanted 20 measures of grain, but there were only 10 measures in the pile. People wanted to get 50 jars of wine from the wine vat, but there were only 20.

Before that time, people didn’t have the money to hire workers or to rent animals. And it was not safe for people to come and go. There was no relief from all the troubles. I had turned everyone against their neighbor.

But it is not like that now. It will not be like that for the survivors.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.




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