“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.”
Let the people of the land take courage, for the work of the temple is being accomplished through the strong hand of the LORD. This exhortation encourages the struggling post-exilic community engaged in temple reconstruction, assuring them that divine power undergirds their labors. The appeal to courage acknowledges the community's weakness and exhaustion while grounding confidence in God's active involvement in their restoration project. This verse exemplifies how individual faithfulness participates in God's larger redemptive plan.
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