2:14a Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD,

Then Haggai answered ⌊them⌋ , “‘I see it as the same with this people and this nation,’ said Yahweh.
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Haggai then responded ⌊to the people⌋ , “Yahweh said this, ‘In my view these people and this nation are just like ⌊ritually unclean people⌋ .

2:14b and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

‘Every work of their hands and everything they bring ⌊to the altar⌋ is impure.
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Everything they produce, and all the sacrifices they offer, are not acceptable to me.

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