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“Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why do we profane the covenant of our ancestors by being unfaithful to one another?” Malachi 2:10

"But you have turned from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble… " Malachi 2:8

“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will not accept no offering from your hands.” Malachi 1:10

 

Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.” Nehemiah 8:10

“Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.” Ezra 4:4

“But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy.” Ezra 3:12 

“In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of

Persia.” Ezra 1:1  

 

“Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.  

Jeremiah 29:12-13

"And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?” Esther 4:14b NIV

 

“Seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile.”  Jeremiah 29:7a NIV