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and I promise that this new temple will be more glorious than the first one. I will also bless this city[a] with peace.

The Past and the Future

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month,[b] the Lord God All-Powerful told the prophet Haggai 11 to ask the priests for their opinion on the following matters:

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Footnotes

  1. 2.9 city: Or “temple.”
  2. 2.10 ninth month: Chislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-November to mid-December.

‘The glory(A) of this present house(B) will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,(C)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

Blessings for a Defiled People

10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month,(D) in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai: 11 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Ask the priests(E) what the law says:

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