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““You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the LORD of Armies, “Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.”
Haggai 1:9
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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.
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