Haggai 2:13-15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 Then Haggai asked, “If someone defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?”(A)
The priests answered, “It becomes defiled.”
14 Then Haggai replied, “So is this people, and so is this nation before Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “And so is every work of their hands; even what they offer there is defiled.
15 “Now, reflect back from this day: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord’s temple,
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Haggai 2:13-15
New International Version
13 Then Haggai said, “If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?”
“Yes,” the priests replied, “it becomes defiled.(A)”
14 Then Haggai said, “‘So it is with this people(B) and this nation in my sight,’ declares the Lord. ‘Whatever they do and whatever they offer(C) there is defiled.
15 “‘Now give careful thought(D) to this from this day on[a]—consider how things were before one stone was laid(E) on another in the Lord’s temple.(F)
Footnotes
- Haggai 2:15 Or to the days past
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