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"This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘The people say the right time has not come to rebuild the Temple of the Lord .'"

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Think about what you have done.

This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: "Think about what you have done.

Go up to the mountains, bring back wood, and build the Temple. Then I will be pleased with it and be honored," says the Lord .

Haggai, the Lord 's messenger, gave the Lord 's message to the people, saying, "The Lord says, ‘I am with you.'"

But the Lord says, ‘Zerubbabel, be brave. Also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, be brave. And all you people who live in the land, be brave,' says the Lord . ‘Work, because I am with you,' says the Lord All-Powerful.

"This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘In a short time I will once again shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

I will shake all the nations, and they will bring their wealth. Then I will fill this Temple with glory,' says the Lord All-Powerful.

‘The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,' says the Lord All-Powerful.

‘The new Temple will be greater than the one before,' says the Lord All-Powerful. ‘And in this place I will give peace,' says the Lord All-Powerful."

"This is what the Lord All-Powerful says: ‘Ask the priests for a teaching.

Then Haggai answered, "The Lord says, ‘This is also true for the people of this nation. They are unclean, and everything they do with their hands is unclean to me. Whatever they offer at the altar is also unclean.

I destroyed your work with diseases, mildew, and hail, but you still did not come back to me,' says the Lord .

The Lord All-Powerful says, ‘On that day I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant,' says the Lord , ‘and I will make you important like my signet ring, because I have chosen you!' says the Lord All-Powerful."