| 002:001 | In the seventh month,
in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by
the prophet Haggai, saying, |
| 002:002 | 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, |
| 002:003 | 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? |
| 002:004 | 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: |
| 002:005 | According to the word
that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit
remaineth among you: fear ye not. |
| 002:006 | 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; |
| 002:007 | 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. |
| 002:008 | The silver is mine, and
the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. |
| 002:009 | 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. |
| 002:010 | 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, |
| 002:011 | Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, |
| 002:012 | 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. |
| 002:013 | 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. |
| 002:014 | 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. |
| 002:015 | 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: |
| 002:016 | 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. |
| 002:017 | 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. |
| 002:018 | 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. |
| 002:019 | 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. |
| 002:020 | And again the word of
the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month,
saying, |
| 002:021 | Speak to Zerubbabel,
governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; |
| 002:022 | 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. |
| 002:023 | 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. |