A   Upon the .xxiiii. daye of the ,vi. moneth, in the sec&obar;de yeare of kynge Darius, the .xxi. daye of þe; seueth moneth, came þe; worde of þe; Lord by the prophete Aggeus, say&ebar;ge: speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel prince of Iuda, ∧ to Iesua the sonne of Iosedech the hye preste, ∧ to the resydue of þe; people, and saye. ^noteWho is left am&obar;g you, þt; sawe thys house in her fyrst bewtye? But what thyncke ye now by it? Is it not in youre eyes, eu&ebar; as though it were nothinge? Neuerthelesse, be of good chere, O Zorobabel (sayeth the Lord) ^note be of good c&obar;forte, O Iesua þu; sonne of Iosedech hye preste: take good hertes vnto you also all ye people of the l&abar;de, sayeth the Lorde of hoostes, ∧ do accordynge to the worde ( ^note for I am with you, sayth þe; Lord of hostes) lyke as I agreed with you, when ye came out of þe; lande of Egypt: ∧ my sprete shalbe amonge you, feare, ye not.

B   For thus sayeth the Lord of hostes: ^note yet once more wil I shake heau&ebar; and earth, the see, and þe; drye land, yee, ^note I wyll moue all Heathen, ∧ the conforte of all Heathen shall come, ∧ so wyll I fyll thys house wyth honoure, sayeth þe; Lorde of hostes. ^noteThe syluer is myne, ∧ the golde is myne, sayeth the Lord of hoostes. Thus the glory of the last house shalbe greater then þe; fyrst, sayth the Lord of hostes: ∧ in thys place wyll I geue peace, sayeth the Lorde of hostes.

C   The .xxiiii. daye of the nynth moneth in the sec&obar;de yeare of kynge Darius, came the worde of þe; Lorde vnto þe; prophete Aggeus, sayenge. Thus sayeth þe; Lorde God of hoostes. Aske the prestes c&obar;cernynge the lawe, and saye: ^note yf one beare holy flesh iu hys cote lappe, ∧ with his lappe do touch the bred potage, wyne, oyle, or eny other meate: shal he be holy also? The prestes answered and sayde: No. Then sayd Aggeus: Now yf one beyng defyled &wt; a deed carcase, touch eny of these: shall it also be vnclene? The prestes gaue answere, ∧ sayde: ^note yee, it shalbe vncleane. Then Aggeus answered ∧ sayde: euen so is thys people ∧ thys nacyon before me, sayeth þe; Lord: ∧ so are all the worckes of theyr handes, yee, and all that they offre, is vncleane.

And now (I praye you) consydre from this daye forth, ∧ how it hath gone &wt; you afore or euer there was layed one stone vp&obar; another in þe; t&ebar;ple of þe; Lord: þt; when ye came to a corne heape of .xx. bushels, there were scarce ten: ^note ∧ that when ye came to the wyne presse for to powre out .l. pottes of wyne, there were scarce .xx. For I smote you &wt; heate, blastyng ∧ hayle stones in all the labours of youre handes: yet was there none of you, þt; wolde turne vnto me, sayeth þe; Lord. C&obar;sydre then from this daye forth ∧ afore: D   namely, from the .xxiiii. daye of the nynth moneth, vnto the daye that the fo&ubar;dacyon of the Lordes temple was layed: marck it well, ^note is not þe; sede yet in the barne? haue not the vynes, the fyggetrees, the pomgranates, and olyue trees bene yet vnfrutefull? but from thys daye forth, I shal make them to prospere.

Moreouer, the .xxiiii. daye of the moneth came the worde of the Lorde vnto Aggeus agayne, say&ebar;ge: Speake to Zorobabell the prynce of Iuda, ∧ saye: I wyll shake both heauen ∧ earth, and ouerthrowe þe; seate of the kyngdomes, yee, ∧ destroye the myghty kyngdome of the Heathen. I wyll ouerthrowe the charrettes, ∧ those that syt vp&obar; them, so that both horse and man shall fall downe, euery man thorow his neyghbours swerde. And as for the, O Zorobabel (sayth the Lorde of hoostes) thou sonne of Salathiel my seruaunt: I wyll take the (sayeth the Lorde) at the same tyme, and make the as a seale, for I haue chosen the, sayeth the Lorde of hostes. ¶ The ende of the prophecy of Aggeus.

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