Haggai 2:11-15
Haggai 2:11
“The Lord of armies says this: ‘Now ask the priests for a ruling:
Haggai 2:12
If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and touches bread with this fold, or touches cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’ ” And the priests answered, “No.”
Haggai 2:13
Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these things, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.”
Haggai 2:14
Then Haggai responded and said, “ ‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.
Haggai 2:15
But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord,