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New International Version NIV
15 Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the LORD,
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“ ‘Now give careful thought to this from this day on —consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the LORD’s temple.
16 how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.
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When anyone came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.
17 I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the LORD.
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I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,’ declares the LORD.
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