16 [a]from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty [b]measures, there would be only twenty. 17 I smote you and every work of your hands with (A)blasting wind, mildew and hail; [c]yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the Lord. 18 ‘Do [d](B)consider from this day [e]onward, from the (C)twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was (D)founded, [f]consider:

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 2:16 Lit since they were
  2. Haggai 2:16 Or troughs full
  3. Haggai 2:17 Or but what did we have in common?
  4. Haggai 2:18 Lit set your heart
  5. Haggai 2:18 Or backward
  6. Haggai 2:18 Lit set your heart

16 When anyone came to a heap(A) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(B) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(C) 17 I struck all the work of your hands(D) with blight,(E) mildew and hail,(F) yet you did not return(G) to me,’ declares the Lord.(H) 18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought(I) to the day when the foundation(J) of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought:

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