When the builders had laid the foundation of the Temple of Adonai, the kohanim, arrayed in their vestments and with clarions, and the Levites sons of Asaph with cymbals, were stationed to praise Adonai as prescribed by King David of Israel.
Haggai 2:15 - Tree of Life Version But now, set your heart back from this day onward. Before stone was set upon stone in the Temple of Adonai, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And now, I pray you, consider what will happen from this day onward. Since the time before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord, how have you fared? American Standard Version (1901) And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah. Common English Bible So now, take it to heart from this day forward. Before stone was placed on stone in the LORD’s temple, Catholic Public Domain Version And Haggai answered and he said: Such is this people, and such is this nation before my face, says the Lord, and such is all the work of their hands. And so all that they have offered there has been contaminated. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Aggeus answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled. |
When the builders had laid the foundation of the Temple of Adonai, the kohanim, arrayed in their vestments and with clarions, and the Levites sons of Asaph with cymbals, were stationed to praise Adonai as prescribed by King David of Israel.
Thus the work on the House of God in Jerusalem ceased. It remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Who is wise? Let him observe these things, and consider Adonai’s lovingkindness.
Harp and lyre, tambourine and flute, and wine are at their banquets. They do not notice Adonai’s activity nor see the works of His hands.
Ephraim: “What more are idols to me? I have responded and observed Him. I will be like a luxuriant cypress tree. From me will be found Your fruit.”
how were things? When one came to a grain-heap of twenty measures, there were ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were twenty.
“Now, set your heart back from this day on—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day the Temple of Adonai was founded, set your heart:
Before those days there were no wages for man or animal, nor was there any shalom from adversity for those who came or went because I set every one against his neighbor.
But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days”—it is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
So then, what outcome did you have that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death.
For if we were judging ourselves thoroughly, we wouldn’t be coming under judgment.