HAG 1:1 In the
second year of Darius the king, on the first day of
the sixth month, the word of the Lord came by the
prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of
Jehozadak, the high priest saying,
HAG 1:2 "Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'This
people says," The time has not come, even the time
for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt."'"
HAG 1:3 Then the word of the Lord came by
Haggai the prophet saying,
HAG 1:4 "Is it time for you yourselves to
dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies
desolate?"
HAG 1:5 Now therefore, thus says the Lord of
hosts, "Consider your ways!
HAG 1:6 "You have sown much, but harvest
little; you eat, but there is not enough to be
satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to
become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is
warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put
into a purse with holes."
HAG 1:7 Thus says the Lord of hosts,
"Consider your ways!
HAG 1:8 "Go up to the mountains, bring wood
and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with
it and be glorified," says the Lord.
HAG 1:9 "You look for much, but behold, it
comes to little; when you bring it home, I blow it
away. Why?" declares the Lord of hosts, "Because of
My house which lies desolate, while each of you runs
to his own house.
HAG 1:10 "Therefore, because of you the sky
has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its
produce.
HAG 1:11 "And I called for a drought on the
land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new
wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on
men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands."
HAG 1:12 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 showed reverence for the Lord.
HAG 1:13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the
Lord, spoke by the commission of the Lord to the
people saying, "'I am with you,' declares the Lord."
HAG 1:14 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,
HAG 1:15 on the twenty-fourth day of the
sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.
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HAG 2:1 On the
twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the
Lord came by Haggai the prophet saying,
HAG 2:2 "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,
HAG 2:3 'Who is left among you who saw this
temple in its former glory? And how do you see it
now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in
comparison?
HAG 2:4 'But now take courage, Zerubbabel,'
declares the Lord,' take courage also, Joshua son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of
the land take courage,' declares the Lord,' and
work; for I am with you,' says the Lord of hosts.
HAG 2:5 'As for the promise which I made you
when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in
your midst; do not fear!'
HAG 2:6 "For thus says the Lord of hosts,
'Once more in a little while, I am going to shake
the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry
land.
HAG 2:7 'And I will shake all the nations;
and they will come with the wealth of all nations;
and I will fill this house with glory,' says the
Lord of hosts.
HAG 2:8 'The silver is Mine, and the gold is
Mine,' declares the Lord of hosts.
HAG 2:9 'The latter glory of this house will
be greater than the former,' says the Lord of
hosts,' and in this place I shall give peace,'
declares the Lord of hosts."
HAG 2:10 On the twenty-fourth of the ninth
month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the
Lord came to Haggai the prophet saying,
HAG 2:11 "Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'Ask
now the priests for a ruling:
HAG 2:12 'If a man carries holy meat in the
fold of his garment, and touches bread with this
fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food,
will it become holy?' "And the priests answered and
said," No."
HAG 2:13 Then Haggai said, "If one who is
unclean from a corpse touches any of these, will the
latter become unclean?" And the priests answered and
said, "It will become unclean."
HAG 2:14 Then Haggai answered and said, "'So
is this people. And so is this nation before Me,'
declares the Lord, 'and so is every work of their
hands; and what they offer there is unclean.
HAG 2:15 'But now, do consider from this day
onward: before one stone was placed on another in
the temple of the Lord,
HAG 2:16 from that time when one came to a
grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only
ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty
measures, there would be only twenty.
HAG 2:17 'I smote you and every work of your
hands with blasting wind, mildew, and hail; yet you
did not come back to Me,' declares the Lord.
HAG 2:18 'Do consider from this day onward,
from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from
the day when the temple of the Lord was founded,
consider:
HAG 2:19 'Is the seed still in the barn? Even
including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate,
and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from
this day on I will bless you.' "
HAG 2:20 Then the word of the Lord came a
second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of
the month saying,
HAG 2:21 "Speak to Zerubbabel governor of
Judah saying, 'I am going to shake the heavens and
the earth.
HAG 2:22 'And I will overthrow the thrones of
kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of
the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and
their riders, and the horses and their riders will
go down, everyone by the sword of another.'
HAG 2:23 'On that day,' declares the Lord of
hosts,' I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of
Shealtiel, My servant,' declares the Lord,' and I
will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen
you,' "declares the Lord of hosts.
