World English Bible
"Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh."
— Haggai 2:15, World English Bible
“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:”
“And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah. ”
“Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, before one stone was laid on another in the LORD’s temple.”
“And Haggai answered, and said: So is this people, and so is this nation before my face, saith the Lord, and so is all the work of their hands: and all that they have offered there, shall be defiled.”
“And now, give thought, looking back from this day to the time before one stone was put on another in the Temple of the Lord:”
“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:”
'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?'" The priests answered, "No."
Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, will it be unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean."
Then Haggai answered, "'So is this people, and so is this nation before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.
Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.
Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.
I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says Yahweh.
'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it.