Therefore say you unto them, Thus says the LORD of hosts; Turn you unto me, says the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, says the LORD of hosts.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Turn ye. Such expressions admonish us of our free-will, and when we answer, convert us, (Lamentations v. 11.; Calmet) we confess that God's grace preventeth us. (Council of Trent, Session vi. 5.) (Worthington)
We may resist the Holy Spirit, (Haydock) and reject his graces. The prophet exhorts the people to lay aside all former negligence, (Calmet) and proceed with the temple. (Haydock)
It had been commenced about two months before, Aggeus ii. 1, 16.