73 lines
3.7 KiB
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73 lines
3.7 KiB
Markdown
## The Glory of Yahweh Will Fill the Temple
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On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet saying,
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"Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people saying,
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'Who among you remains who saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?
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But now, be strong, Zerubbabel,' declares Yahweh, 'be strong also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land, be strong,' declares Yahweh, 'and work; for I am with you,' declares Yahweh of hosts.
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'As for the promise which I cut with you when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is standing in your midst; do not fear!'
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For thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'Once more--in a little while--I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
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And I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the desirable things of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,' says Yahweh of hosts.
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'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' declares Yahweh of hosts.
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'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says Yahweh of hosts, 'and in this place I will give peace,' declares Yahweh of hosts."
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On the twenty-fourth of the ninth _month_, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
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"Thus says Yahweh of hosts, 'Ask now the priests _about the_ law:
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If a man carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches bread with this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any _other_ food, will it become holy?'" And the priests answered, "No."
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Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these, will _the latter_ become unclean?" And the priests answered, "It will become unclean."
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Then Haggai answered and said, "'So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,' declares Yahweh, 'and so is every work of their hands; and what they bring near _to Me_ there is unclean.
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But now, oh set your heart _to consider_ from this day onward: from before one stone was set on another in the temple of Yahweh,
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from when it was that one came to a _grain_ heap of twenty _measures_, then there would be only ten; and _from when_ one came to the wine vat to draw fifty troughs full, then there would be _only_ twenty.
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I struck you _and_ every work of your hands with scorching wind, mildew, and hail; yet you _did_ not _come back_ to Me,' declares Yahweh.
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'Oh set your heart _to consider_ from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth _month_; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was founded, set your heart _to consider_:
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Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not borne _fruit_. Yet from this day on I will bless _you_.'"
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## Yahweh Chooses Zerubbabel
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Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth _day_ of the month, saying,
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"Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, 'I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
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I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.'
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'On that day,' declares Yahweh of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,' declares Yahweh, 'and I will make you like a signet _ring_, for I have chosen you,'" declares Yahweh of hosts.
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