Haggai 2:18

Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month, even] from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider [it].

Consider {H7760}{H3824} now from this day {H3117} and upward {H4605}, from the four {H702} and twentieth {H6242} day {H3117} of the ninth {H8671} month, even from the day {H3117} that the foundation {H3245} of the LORD'S {H3068} temple {H1964} was laid, consider {H7760}{H3824} it.

'So please keep this in mind, from this day on, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day the foundation of ADONAI's temple was laid, consider this:

Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:

Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Jehovah’s temple was laid, consider it.

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Cross-References

  • Zechariah 8:9 (6 votes)

    ¶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which [were] in the day [that] the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

  • Haggai 2:15 (4 votes)

    And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

  • Ezra 5:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that [were] in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, [even] unto them.

  • Ezra 5:2 (4 votes)

    Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God helping them.

  • Deuteronomy 32:29 (3 votes)

    O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!

  • Zechariah 8:12 (3 votes)

    For the seed [shall be] prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these [things].

  • Haggai 2:10 (2 votes)

    ¶ In the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,