Chapter 2

In the seventh [month], in the one and twentieth [day] of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,²

Speak³ 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,²

Who [is] left¹² among you that saw¹ this house in her first glory? and how do ye see⁶ it now? [is it] not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

Yet now be strong,³ O Zerubbabel, saith⁷ the LORD; and be strong,³ O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong,³ all ye people of the land, saith⁷ the LORD, and work:³ for I [am] with you, saith⁷ the LORD of hosts:

[According to] the word that I covenanted¹ with you when ye came out² of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth⁶ among you: fear⁴ ye not.

For thus saith¹ the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake⁵⁶ the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];

And I will shake⁵² all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come:¹ and I will fill¹⁴ this house with glory, saith¹ the LORD of hosts.

The silver [is] mine, and the gold [is] mine, saith⁷ the LORD of hosts.

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith⁷ the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give⁴ peace, saith¹ the LORD of hosts.

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,²

Thus saith¹ the LORD of hosts; Ask³ now the priests [concerning] the law, saying,²

If one bear⁴ holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch¹ bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy?⁴ And the priests answered⁴ and said,⁴ No.

Then said⁴ Haggai, If [one that is] unclean by a dead body touch⁴ any of these, shall it be unclean?⁴ And the priests answered⁴ and said,⁴ It shall be unclean.⁴

Then answered⁴ Haggai, and said,⁴ So [is] this people, and so [is] this nation before me, saith⁷ the LORD; and so [is] every work of their hands; and that which they offer⁵⁵ there [is] unclean.

And now, I pray you, consider^{3 3824} from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid² upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

Since those [days] were, when [one] came¹ to an heap of twenty [measures], there were [but] ten: when [one] came¹ to the pressfat for to draw out² fifty [vessels] out of the press, there were [but] twenty.

I smote⁵² you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith⁷ the LORD.

Consider^{3 3824} 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,²⁷ consider^{3 3824} [it].

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:¹ from this day will I bless¹⁷ [you].

And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth [day] of the month, saying,²

Speak³ to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying,² I will shake⁵⁶ the heavens and the earth;

And I will overthrow¹ the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy⁵² the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow¹ the chariots, and those that ride⁶ in them; and the horses and their riders⁶ shall come down,¹ every one by the sword of his brother.

In that day, saith⁷ the LORD of hosts, will I take⁴ thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith⁷ the LORD, and will make¹ thee as a signet: for I have chosen¹ thee, saith⁷ the LORD of hosts.