Look at what was happening to you before you began to lay the foundation of the Lord’s Temple.

“现在你们要追想，此日以前，耶和华的殿没有一块石头垒在石头上的光景。

“现在，你们心里要想一想，从今日起，耶和华的殿还没有一块石头放在石头上的情况。

“现在，你们心里要想一想，从今日起，耶和华的殿还没有一块石头放在石头上的情况。

“‘从今以后，你们要回想重建耶和华殿之前的光景。

“现在你们要反省，从今日起回想过往，就是在耶和华的殿还没有一块石头叠在另一块石头上面以前，

現在你們要追想，此日以前，耶和華的殿沒有一塊石頭壘在石頭上的光景。

「現在，你們心裏要想一想，從今日起，耶和華的殿還沒有一塊石頭放在石頭上的情況。

「現在，你們心裏要想一想，從今日起，耶和華的殿還沒有一塊石頭放在石頭上的情況。

「『從今以後，你們要回想重建耶和華殿之前的光景。

“現在你們要反省，從今日起回想過往，就是在耶和華的殿還沒有一塊石頭疊在另一塊石頭上面以前，

現在你們要用心想想：從今日起必怎樣不同。在永恆主殿堂還沒有一塊石頭壘在石頭上以前，

請爾追思、此日以前、耶和華之殿、未疊石於石上之先、

是日之前、人未叠石諸石上、以建我殿、所有之事、爾當憶念、

爾曹當思念、此日以前、主殿之基未立之時、情景若何、

“‘ Now give careful thought to this from this day on— consider how things were before one stone was laid on another in the Lord’s temple.

“‘ Think carefully about this from now on. Think about how things were before the Lord’ s temple was built. This was before one stone was laid on top of another.

Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord,

“ Now from this day on, think carefully: Before one stone was placed on another in the LORD’s temple,

But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord,

‘ And now, carefully consider from this day forward: from before stone was laid upon 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, reflect back from this day: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord’s temple,

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:

Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, before one stone was laid on another in the LORD’s temple.

Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in Yahweh’s temple.

This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!

So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.

When the builders completed the foundation of the Lord’s Temple, the priests put on their robes and took their places to blow their trumpets. And the Levites, descendants of Asaph, clashed their cymbals to praise the Lord, just as King David had prescribed.

“ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!

“ Think about this eighteenth day of December, the day when the foundation of the Lord’s Temple was laid. Think carefully.

Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.

They furnish wine and lovely music at their grand parties— lyre and harp, tambourine and flute— but they never think about the Lord or notice what he is doing.

“ Should people cheat God? Yet you have cheated me!“ But you ask,‘ What do you mean? When did we ever cheat you?’“ You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me.You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me.Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,“ I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way.

Those who are wise will take all this to heart; they will see in our history the faithful love of the Lord.

And what was the result? You are now ashamed of the things you used to do, things that end in eternal doom.