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Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
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Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
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For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
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“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
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I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.