Haggai 2:1-23
2 In the seventh month, on the 21st day of the month, the word of Jehovah came through Hagʹgai+ the prophet, saying,
2 “Please ask Ze·rubʹba·bel+ son of She·alʹti·el, the governor of Judah,+ and Joshua+ son of Je·hozʹa·dak,+ the high priest, and the rest of the people:
3 ‘Who is left among you who saw this house* in its former glory?+ How does it look to you now? Does it not seem like nothing in comparison?’+
4 “ ‘But now be strong, Ze·rubʹba·bel,’ declares Jehovah, ‘and be strong, Joshua son of Je·hozʹa·dak, the high priest.’
“ ‘And be strong, all you people of the land,’+ declares Jehovah, ‘and work.’
“ ‘For I am with you,’+ declares Jehovah of armies.
5 ‘Remember what I promised you when you came out of Egypt,+ and my spirit remains among you.*+ Do not be afraid.’ ”+
6 “For this is what Jehovah of armies says, ‘Yet once more—in a little while—and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.’+
7 “ ‘And I will shake all the nations, and the precious* things of all the nations will come in;+ and I will fill this house with glory,’+ says Jehovah of armies.
8 “ ‘The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ declares Jehovah of armies.
9 “ ‘The future glory of this house will be greater than the former,’+ says Jehovah of armies.
“ ‘And in this place I will grant peace,’+ declares Jehovah of armies.”
10 On the 24th day of the ninth month, in the second year of Da·riʹus, the word of Jehovah came to Hagʹgai+ the prophet, saying:
11 “This is what Jehovah of armies says, ‘Ask, please, the priests about the law:+
12 “If a man carries holy flesh in the fold of his clothing, and his clothing touches bread or stew or wine or oil or any sort of food, will it become holy?” ’ ”
The priests answered: “No!”
13 Hagʹgai then asked: “If someone who is unclean from contact with a dead body* touches any of these things, will it become unclean?”+
The priests answered: “It will become unclean.”
14 So Hagʹgai said: “ ‘That is how this people is, and that is how this nation is before me,’ declares Jehovah, ‘and that is how all the work of their hands is; whatever they present there is unclean.’
15 “ ‘But now, please, set your heart on* this from this day forward: Before a stone was placed on a stone in the temple of Jehovah,+
16 how was it then? When someone came to a heap of grain expecting 20 measures, there were only 10; and when someone came to the vat to draw 50 measures from the wine trough, there were only 20;+
17 I struck you—all the works of your hands—with scorching blight and mildew+ and hail, but not one of you turned to me,’ declares Jehovah.
18 “ ‘Please, set your heart on* this from this day forward, from the 24th day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the temple of Jehovah was laid;+ set your heart on this:
19 Is there seed yet in the storehouse?*+ The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree—they have not yet borne fruit, have they? From this day I will send a blessing.’ ”+
20 The word of Jehovah came a second time to Hagʹgai on the 24th day of the month,+ saying:
21 “Say to Ze·rubʹba·bel, the governor of Judah, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.+
22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and annihilate the strength of the kingdoms of the nations;+ and I will overthrow the chariot and its riders, and the horses and their riders will fall, each one by the sword of his brother.’ ”+
23 “ ‘In that day,’ declares Jehovah of armies, ‘I will take you, my servant Ze·rubʹba·bel+ son of She·alʹti·el,’+ declares Jehovah, ‘and I will make you like a seal ring, because you are the one whom I have chosen,’ declares Jehovah of armies.”
