But now,do considerfrom thisdayonward:beforeone stonewas placedon anotherin the templeof the LORD,
Now when the buildershad laidthe foundationof the templeof the LORD,the priestsstoodin their apparelwith trumpets,and the Levites,the sonsof Asaph,with cymbals,to praisethe LORDaccordingto the directionsof KingDavidof Israel.
Thenworkon the houseof Godin Jerusalemceased,and it was stoppeduntilthe secondyearof the reignof Dariuskingof Persia.
Whois wise?Let him giveheedto thesethings,And considerthe lovingkindnessesof the LORD.
Their banquetsare [accompanied] by lyreand harp,by tambourineand flute,and by wine;But they do not payattentionto the deedsof the LORD,Nordo they considerthe workof His hands.
Whoeveris wise,let him understandthesethings;[Whoever] is discerning,let him knowthem. For the waysof the LORDare right,And the righteouswill walkin them, But transgressorswill stumblein them.
Nowtherefore, thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Consideryour ways!
Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Consideryour ways!
from that time[when] one cameto a [grain] heapof twenty[measures], there would be only ten;and [when] one cameto the winevatto drawfiftymeasures,there would be [only] twenty.
Do considerfrom thisdayonward,from the twenty-fourthdayof the ninth[month]; from the daywhenthe templeof the LORDwas founded,consider:
For beforethosedaysthere was nowagefor manor any wagefor animal;and for him who wentout or camein therewas nopeacebecauseof his enemies,and I setallmenoneagainst another.
But nowI will not treat the remnantof thispeopleas in the formerdays,'declaresthe LORDof hosts.
Thereforewhatbenefitwere you thenderivingfrom the things of whichyou are nowashamed?For the outcomeof those thingsis death.
But ifwe judgedourselvesrightly, we would not be judged.
