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In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on [the] first day, the word of Yahweh came {through} Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
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"Thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'This people says, "{The time has not come to rebuild the temple of Yahweh}.'"
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And the word of Yahweh came {through} Haggai the prophet, saying,
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"[Is it] a time for you yourselves to dwell in your houses that have been paneled [while] this house [is] desolate?"
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And so then, thus says Yahweh of hosts: '{Consider your ways}!
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