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 <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1">Encouragement and Promise</div><div class="m"> 1On the twenty-first day of the seventh month,&#160; # 2:1 Lv 23:33&#8211;43; 2Ch 7:8&#8211;10 the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 2&#8220;Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and to the remnant of the people: 3&#8216;Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Doesn&#8217;t it seem to you like nothing by comparison?&#160; # 2:3 1Kg 5:13&#8211;16; 6:38; 1Ch 29:1&#8211;8; Ezr 3:10&#8211;13; Zch 4:10 4Even so, be strong, Zerubbabel&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#this is the Lord&#8217;s declaration.&#160; # 2:4 Jos 1:6&#8211;9; 1Ch 28:10,20 Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#this is the Lord&#8217;s declaration. Work! For I am with you&#160; # 2:4 Hg 1:13; Zch 8:9 &#160;#&#8212;&#160;#the declaration of the Lord of Armies. 5This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt,&#160; # 2:5 Ex 33:14&#8211;17 and my Spirit is present among you; don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8217;&#160;&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 6For the Lord of Armies says this: &#8220;Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth,&#160; # 2:6 Hg 2:21 the sea and the dry land.&#160; # 2:6 Is 64:2; Ezk 38:19&#8211;20; Heb 12:26&#8211;28 7I will shake all the nations so that the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,&#8221;&#160; # 2:7 Ex 40:34&#8211;35; 1Kg 8:10&#8211;11; Is 60:1&#8211;13 says the Lord of Armies. 8&#8220;The silver and gold belong to me&#8221;&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies. 9&#8220;The final glory of this house&#160; # 2:9 Or The glory of this latter house will be greater than the first,&#8221;&#160; # 2:9 Mt 12:42 says the Lord of Armies. &#8220;I will provide peace in this place&#8221;&#160; # 2:9 Is 60:18 &#160;#&#8212;&#160;#this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.</div><div class="s1">From Deprivation to Blessing</div><div class="m"> 10On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai: 11&#8220;This is what the Lord of Armies says: Ask the priests for a ruling.&#160; # 2:11 Mal 2:7 12If 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?&#160;&#8221;&#160; # 2:12 Jr 11:15</div><div class="p">The priests answered, &#8220;No.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 13Then Haggai asked, &#8220;If someone defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?&#160;&#8221;&#160; # 2:13 Lv 11:39; 22:4&#8211;6; Nm 19:11&#8211;13,22</div><div class="p">The priests answered, &#8220;It becomes defiled.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 14Then Haggai replied, &#8220;So is this people, and so is this nation before me&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#this is the Lord&#8217;s declaration. And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.</div><div class="p"> 15&#8220;Now from this day on, think carefully: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord&#8217;s temple, 16what state were you in?&#160; # 2:16 Hb obscure 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. 17I struck you&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#all the work of your hands&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#with blight, mildew,&#160; # 2:17 Dt 28:22; 1Kg 8:37; Am 4:9 and hail,&#160; # 2:17 Ps 105:32&#8211;33 but you didn&#8217;t turn to me&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#this is the Lord&#8217;s declaration. 18From this day on, think carefully;&#160; # 2:18 Hg 1:5,7 from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of the Lord&#8217;s temple was laid; think carefully. 19Is 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.&#8221;&#160; # 2:19 Zch 8:9&#8211;13</div><div class="s1">Promise to Zerubbabel</div><div class="m"> 20The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: 21&#8220;Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.&#160; # 2:21 Hg 2:6&#8211;7; Ezk 38:19&#8211;20 22I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms.&#160; # 2:22 Gn 19:25; Am 4:11 I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother&#8217;s sword. 23On that day&#8221;&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#&#8220;I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant&#8221;&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#this is the Lord&#8217;s declaration&#160;#&#8212;&#160;#&#8220;and make you like my signet ring,&#160; # 2:23 Est 8:8; Jr 22:23&#8211;25 for I have chosen you.&#8221;&#160; # 2:23 Mt 1:12&#8211;13 This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.</div><div class="m"></div>
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On the twenty-first day of the seventh month,  the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and to the remnant of the people: ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Doesn’t it seem to you like nothing by comparison?  Even so, be strong, Zerubbabel #— #this is the LORD’s declaration.  Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land #— #this is the LORD’s declaration. Work! For I am with you   #— #the declaration of the LORD of Armies. This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt,  and my Spirit is present among you; don’t be afraid.’ ”
For the LORD of Armies says this: “Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth,  the sea and the dry land.  I will shake all the nations so that the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,”  says the LORD of Armies. “The silver and gold belong to me” #— #this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies. “The final glory of this house  will be greater than the first,”  says the LORD of Armies. “I will provide peace in this place”   #— #this is the declaration of the LORD of Armies.

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.

සවන් දෙන්න Haggai 2