Haggai 2
The Builders Encouraged
1On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by aHaggai the prophet saying, 2“Speak now to bZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, cgovernor of Judah, and to dJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the eremnant of the people saying, 3‘Who is fleft among you who saw this ▼▼ Lit house
temple in its hformer glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not ▼▼ Lit in your eyes
seem to you like nothing ▼▼ Lit like it
in comparison? 4‘But now ▼▼ Lit be strong
,
ltake 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 mI am with you,’ declares the Lord of hosts. 5‘As for the ▼▼ Lit word
,
opromise which I ▼▼ Lit cut with
made you when you came out of Egypt, ▼▼ Or while...was standing
My rSpirit is abiding in your midst; sdo not fear!’ 6“For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘ tOnce more ▼▼ Lit it is a little
in a vlittle while, I am going to wshake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. 7‘I will shake xall the nations; and ▼▼ Or the desire of all nations will come
they will come with the zwealth of all nations, and I will aafill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. 8‘The absilver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of hosts. 9‘The latter acglory of this house will be greater than the adformer,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give aepeace,’ declares the Lord of hosts.” 10On the aftwenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying, 11“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘ agAsk now the priests for a ▼▼ Lit law
ruling: 12‘If a man carries aiholy meat in the ▼▼ Lit wing
fold of his garment, and touches bread with ▼▼ Lit his wing
this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” 13Then Haggai said, al“If one who is unclean from a ▼▼ Lit soul
corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.” 14Then Haggai said, “‘ anSo 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. 15‘But now, do ▼▼ Lit set your heart
,
apconsider from this day ▼▼ Or backward
onward: before one arstone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord, 16 ▼▼ Lit since they were
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 ▼▼ Or troughs full
measures, there would be only twenty. 17‘I smote you and every work of your hands with aublasting wind, mildew and hail; ▼▼ Or but what did we have in common?
yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the Lord. 18‘Do ▼▼ Lit set your heart
,
axconsider from this day ▼▼ Or backward
onward, from the aztwenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was bafounded, ▼▼ Lit set your heart
consider: 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 bcbless you.’” 20Then the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the bdtwenty-fourth day of the month, saying, 21“Speak to beZerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to bfshake the heavens and the earth. 22‘I will bgoverthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the bhpower of the kingdoms of the ▼▼ Or Gentiles
nations; and I will bjoverthrow the chariots and their riders, and the bkhorses and their riders will go down, bleveryone by the sword of another.’ 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 ▼▼ Or seal
,
bnsignet ring, for boI have chosen you,’” declares the Lord of hosts.
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