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Rebuild the Temple
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|Ageu 1:1| a On the first day of the sixth month of the second year that Darius was king of Persia, 1 the LORD told Haggai the prophet to speak his message to the governor of Judah and to the high priest. So Haggai told Governor Zerubbabel and High Priest Joshua 2
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|Ageu 1:2| that the LORD All-Powerful had said to them and to the people: You say this isn't the right time to build a temple for me. But is it right for you to live in expensive houses, 3 while my temple is a pile of ruins? Just look at what's happening.
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|Ageu 1:5|
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|Ageu 1:6| You harvest less than you plant, you never have enough to eat or drink, your clothes don't keep you warm, and your wages are stored in bags full of holes.
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|Ageu 1:7| Think about what I have said!
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|Ageu 1:8| But first, go to the hills and get wood for my temple, so I can take pride in it and be worshiped there.
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|Ageu 1:9| You expected much, but received only a little. And when you brought it home, I made that little disappear. Why have I done this? It's because you hurry off to build your own houses, while my temple is still in ruins.
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|Ageu 1:10| That's also why the dew doesn't fall and your harvest fails.
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