OLD TESTAMENT

Haggai 1:8

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Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says the LORD.

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Verse 8. The mountain Libanus. Wood had been purchased before, but had been used for other purposes. 1 Ezra 3:7. Now the people went to procure more. The following year Darius confirmed the decree of Cyrus, which was a change plainly effected by Providence. Calmet.

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