Haggai 2

¹In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying,

²Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

³Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

⁴Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:

⁵According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.

⁶For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

⁷And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.

⁸The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

⁹The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

¹⁰In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,

¹¹Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

¹²If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

¹³Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

¹⁴Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

¹⁵And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:

¹⁶Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

¹⁷I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.

¹⁸Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider it.

¹⁹Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

²⁰And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,

²¹Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

²²And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

²³In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.

Haggai 2

¹In the seventh month , in the twenty and first of the month, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

²`Speak, I pray thee, unto Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and unto Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest, and unto the remnant of the people, saying:

³Who among you hath been left that saw this house in its former honour? And what are ye seeing it now? Is it not, compared with it, as nothing in your eyes?

⁴And now, be strong, O Zerubbabel, An affirmation of Jehovah, And be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest, And be strong, all ye people of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And do ye(for I am with you, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts)

⁵The thing that I covenanted with you, In your coming forth from Egypt, And My Spirit is remaining in your midst, fear not.

⁶For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet once moreit is a little, And I am shaking the heavens and the earth, And the sea, and the dry land,

⁷And I have shaken all the nations, And they have come to the desire of all the nations, And I have filled this house with honour, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

⁸Mine is the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

⁹Greater is the honour of this latter house, Than of the former, said Jehovah of Hosts, And in this place do I give peace, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.'

¹⁰On the twenty and fourth of the ninth month , in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

¹¹Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: `Ask, I pray thee, the priests of the law, saying:

¹²Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any foodis it holy?' And the priests answer and say, `No.'

¹³And Haggai saith, `If the unclean of body doth come against any of these, is it unclean?' And the priests answer and say, `It is unclean.'

¹⁴And Haggai answereth and saith, `So is this people, and so is this nation before Mean affirmation of Jehovahand so is every work of their hands, and that which they bring near thereit is unclean.

¹⁵And now, lay it , I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah.

¹⁶From that time one hath come to a heap of twenty, And it hath been ten, He hath come unto the wine-fat to draw out fifty purahs, And it hath been twenty.

¹⁷I have smitten you with blasting, And with mildew, and with hailAll the work of your hands, And there is none of you with Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁸Set it , I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth month , even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set it to your heart.

¹⁹Is the seed yet in the barn? And hitherto the vine and the fig, And the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, Have not bornefrom this day I bless.'

²⁰And there is a word of Jehovah a second time unto Haggai, on the twenty and fourth of the month, saying:

²¹`Speak unto Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying: I am shaking the heavens and the earth,

²²And have overturned the throne of kingdoms, And I have destroyed the strength of kingdoms of the nations, And overturned chariot and its charioteers, And come down have horses and their riders, Each by the sword of his brother.

²³In that dayan affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, I take thee, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servantan affirmation of Jehovah, And have set thee as a signet, for on thee I have fixed, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts!