15 “Now, reflect back from this day: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord’s temple, 16 what state were you in?[a] When someone came to a grain heap of 20 measures, it only amounted to 10; when one came to the winepress to dip 50 measures from the vat, it only amounted to 20. 17 I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew,(A) and hail,(B) but you didn’t turn to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

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  1. Haggai 2:16 Hb obscure

15 “‘Now give careful thought(A) to this from this day on[a]—consider how things were before one stone was laid(B) on another in the Lord’s temple.(C) 16 When anyone came to a heap(D) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(E) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(F) 17 I struck all the work of your hands(G) with blight,(H) mildew and hail,(I) yet you did not return(J) to me,’ declares the Lord.(K)

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  1. Haggai 2:15 Or to the days past