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Haggai 2:10-23

Haggai 2:10-23 CSB

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai: “This is what the LORD of Armies says: Ask the priests for a ruling.  If a man is carrying consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does it become holy? ”  The priests answered, “No.” Then Haggai asked, “If someone defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled? ”  The priests answered, “It becomes defiled.” Then Haggai replied, “So is this people, and so is this nation before me #— #this is the LORD’s declaration. And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled. “Now from this day on, think carefully: Before one stone was placed on another in the LORD’s temple, what state were you in?  When someone came to a grain heap of twenty measures, it only amounted to ten; when one came to the winepress to dip fifty measures from the vat, it only amounted to twenty. I struck you #— #all the work of your hands #— #with blight, mildew,  and hail,  but you didn’t turn to me #— #this is the LORD’s declaration. From this day on, think carefully;  from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid; think carefully. Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you.”  The word of the LORD came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.  I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms.  I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother’s sword. On that day” #— #this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies #— #“I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant” #— #this is the LORD’s declaration #— #“and make you like my signet ring,  for I have chosen you.”  This is the declaration of the LORD of Armies.