15. But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord,
16. from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there would be only twenty.
17. I smote you and every work of your hands with blasting wind, mildew and hail; yet you did not come back to Me,' declares the Lord.
18. 'Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was founded, consider:
19. Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.'"