And now, give thought; looking on from this day, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the time when the base of the Lord's house was put in its place, give thought to it.

And now, give thought, looking back from this day to the time before one stone was put on another in the Temple of the Lord:

And the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai, on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,