the four and twentieth day of the ninth month This was in November or December. The people had now for three months (Haggai 1:14-15) been actively engaged in the work of restoration. Two months had elapsed (Haggai 2:1) since they were encouraged, under the depression caused by the comparative meanness of the second temple, by a prophecy of the surpassing glory which should accrue to it. Their constancy in the work is now further rewarded, by a renewed promise of the removal of the blight and famine which their neglect had caused, and of the full return of plenty and prosperity.

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