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Haggai 2:4

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Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says Yahweh. 'Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' says Yahweh, 'and work, for I am with you,' says Yahweh of Hosts.

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Egypt was the land from which the Lord delivered Israel in the exodus, forming them as his covenant people. In Haggai’s encouragement to the postexilic community rebuilding the temple, this earlier deliverance grounds God’s promise that his Spirit remains with them.

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Haggai 2:4 mentions Egypt.

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