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In the second year of King Darius, in the sixth month, on the first day of the
month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to
Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2 “Thus speaks the LORD of
hosts, saying: ‘This people says, “The time has not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.”’”
3 Then the word of the
LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4 “Is it time for you yourselves to dwell
in your paneled houses, and this temple[a]to lie in ruins?” 5 Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts:
“Consider your ways!
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“ You have sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with
holes.”
7 Thus says the LORD of
hosts: “Consider your ways! 8
Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take
pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the LORD. 9 “You looked for much, but indeed it
came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says
the LORD of hosts. “Because of My house that is in
ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. 10 Therefore the heavens above you withhold the
dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. 11
For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the
new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and
livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.”
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest,
with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and
the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him; and the
people feared the presence of the LORD. 13
Then Haggai, the LORD’s messenger, spoke the LORD’s message to the people, saying, “I am with
you, says the LORD.” 14 So
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son
of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of
Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the
spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house
of the LORD of hosts, their God, 15
on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.
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In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the word of the
LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying: 2 “Speak now to Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to
Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to
the remnant of the people, saying: 3
‘Who is left among you who saw this temple[a] in its former glory? And how do you see it
now? In comparison with it, is this not in your eyes as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the LORD; ‘and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people
of the land,’ says the LORD, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ says the
LORD of hosts. 5 ‘According
to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My
Spirit remains among you; do not fear!’
6 “For thus says the LORD
of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and
earth, the sea and dry land; 7
and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations,[b] and I will fill this temple with glory,’
says the LORD of hosts. 8
‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is
Mine,’ says the LORD of hosts. 9
‘The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the
LORD of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the LORD of hosts.”
10 On the twenty-fourth day
of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD
came by Haggai the prophet, saying, 11
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘Now, ask the priests concerning the law,
saying, 12 “If one carries
holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he touches bread or
stew, wine or oil, or any food, will it become holy?”’”
Then the priests answered and said, “No.”
13 And Haggai said, “If one
who is unclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it
be unclean?”
So the priests answered and said, “It shall be unclean.”
14 Then Haggai answered
and said, “‘So is this people, and so is this nation
before Me,’ says the LORD, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they
offer there is unclean.
15 ‘And now, carefully
consider from this day forward: from before stone was laid upon stone in the
temple of the LORD— 16
since those days, when one came to a heap of twenty ephahs, there were but ten; when one came to
the wine vat to draw out fifty baths from the press, there were but
twenty. 17 I struck you
with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did
not turn to Me,’ says the LORD. 18 ‘Consider now from this day
forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the
foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider it:
19 Is the seed still in
the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree
have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will bless you.’”
20 And again the word of
the LORD came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying, 21 “Speak to Zerubbabel,
governor of
‘ I will shake
heaven and earth.
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I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms;
I will destroy the strength of the Gentile
kingdoms.
I will overthrow the chariots
And those who ride
in them;
The horses and their riders shall come
down,
Every one by the sword of his brother.
23 ‘In that day,’ says the
LORD of hosts, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel My
servant, the son of Shealtiel,’ says the LORD, ‘and
will make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you,’ says the LORD
of hosts.”