15 Now then, (A)consider from this day onward.[a] Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord, 16 how did you fare? (B)When[b] 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. 17 (C)I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, (D)yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.

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  1. Haggai 2:15 Or backward; also verse 18
  2. Haggai 2:16 Probable reading (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Lord, since they were. When

15 “‘Now give careful thought(A) to this from this day on[a]—consider how things were before one stone was laid(B) on another in the Lord’s temple.(C) 16 When anyone came to a heap(D) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(E) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(F) 17 I struck all the work of your hands(G) with blight,(H) mildew and hail,(I) yet you did not return(J) to me,’ declares the Lord.(K)

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  1. Haggai 2:15 Or to the days past