Haggai 2:18

New English Translation

‘Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, think about it.

Cross References

Ezra 4:24

So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Leviticus 19:25

Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God.

Haggai 2:10

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius’ second year, the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai:

Haggai 2:15

Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple.

Zechariah 4:9

“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple, and his hands will complete it.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

Zechariah 8:12

‘for there will be a peaceful time of sowing, the vine will produce its fruit and the ground its yield, and the skies will rain down dew. Then I will allow the remnant of my people to possess all these things.

Zechariah 8:9

“The Lord who rules over all also says, ‘Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the Lord who rules over all, so that the temple might be built.

Deuteronomy 32:29

I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them.”