Haggai 2:10-19

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁰ On the ^(A)twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying, ¹¹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘^(B)Ask now the priests for a ^[a]ruling: ¹² If a man carries ^(C)holy meat in the ^[b]fold of his garment, and touches bread with ^[c]this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” ¹³ Then Haggai said, “^(D)If one who is unclean from a ^[d]corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.” ¹⁴ Then Haggai said, “‘^(E)So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. ¹⁵ But now, do ^[e](F)consider from this day ^[f]onward: before one ^(G)stone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord, ^16 [g]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 ^[h]measures, there would be only twenty. ¹⁷ I smote you and every work of your hands with ^(H)blasting wind, mildew and hail; ^[i]yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the Lord. ¹⁸ ‘Do ^[j](I)consider from this day ^[k]onward, from the ^(J)twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was ^(K)founded, ^[l]consider: ¹⁹ Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will ^(L)bless you.’”