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Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,
{Or, Remember the word &c.}according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit {Or. abideth}abode among you: fear ye not.
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,
{Or, Remember the word &c.}according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit {Or. abideth}abode among you: fear ye not.
Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?
Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,
if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the {Greek: good tidings: and so elsewhere; see marginal note on Matthew 4:23.}gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
whereof I was made a minister, according to the {Or, stewardship See 1 Corinthians 9:17}dispensation of God which was given me to you-ward, to fulfil the word of God,
{Or, Remember the word &c.}according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit {Or. abideth}abode among you: fear ye not.