Haggai 2:18-20
Living Bible
18-19 “But now note this: From today, this 24th day of the month,[a] as the foundation of the Lord’s Temple is finished, and from this day onward, I will bless you. Notice, I am giving you this promise now before you have even begun to rebuild the Temple structure, and before you have harvested your grain, and before the grapes, the figs, the pomegranates, and olives have produced their next crops: From this day I will bless you.”
20 Another message came to Haggai from the Lord that same day:
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- Haggai 2:18 24th day of the month, i.e., of Kislev, which is early in December, according to our calendar.
Haggai 2:18-20
New International Version
18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought(A) to the day when the foundation(B) of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(C) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(D)
“‘From this day on I will bless(E) you.’”
Zerubbabel the Lord’s Signet Ring
20 The word of the Lord came to Haggai(F) a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:(G)
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