²² The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.^(A)

¹⁴ The Israelites sampled their provisions but did not inquire^(A) of the Lord.

The Darkness Turns to Light

¹⁹ When someone tells you to consult^(A) mediums and spiritists,^(B) who whisper and mutter,^(C) should not a people inquire^(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

¹³ Then Haggai,^(A) the Lord’s messenger,^(B) gave this message of the Lord to the people: “I am with^(C) you,” declares the Lord.

⁷ “For the lips of a priest^(A) ought to preserve knowledge, because he is the messenger^(B) of the Lord Almighty and people seek instruction from his mouth.^(C)

3 “I will send my messenger,^(A) who will prepare the way before me.^(B) Then suddenly the Lord^(C) you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant,^(D) whom you desire,^(E) will come,” says the Lord Almighty.