In the
seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of
the month, came the word of the Lord by the
prophet Haggai, saying,
02 Speak 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,
03 Who 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?
04 Yet 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:
05 According to the word that I covenanted with
you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit
remaineth among you: fear ye not.
06 For 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;
07 And 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.
08 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,
saith the Lord of hosts.
09 The 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.
10 In 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,
11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the
priests concerning the law, saying,
12 If 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.
13 Then 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.
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14 Then 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.
15 And 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:
16 Since 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.
17 I 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.
18 Consider 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.
19 Is 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.
20 And again the word of the Lord came unto
Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the
month, saying,
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah,
saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22 And 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.
23 In 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.
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