²² And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

¹⁴ And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord.

¹³ They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:

¹⁹ And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

¹³ Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.

⁷ For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.

3 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.