| 1:1 |
In the second year of Darius the king, inon the sixth month, in the first day of the sixth month, came the word of Jehovahthe Lord came by Haggai the prophet untoHaggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, |
| 1:2 |
Thus speakethsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, saying, This people saysays, ItThe is not the time forhas usnot to come, even the time for Jehovahsthe house of the Lord to be builtrebuilt. |
| 1:3 |
Then came the word of Jehovahthe Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| 1:4 |
Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiledpaneled houses, while this house liethlies wastedesolate? |
| 1:5 |
Now therefore, thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, Consider your ways.! |
| 1:6 |
YeYou have sown much, andbut bringharvest in little; yeyou eat, but yethere haveis not enough to be satisfied; yeyou drink, but yethere areis not filledenough withto drinkbecome drunk; yeyou clotheput youon clothing, but thereno one is nonewarm warmenough; and he thatwho earnethearns, wagesearns earneth wages to put it into a bagpurse with holes. |
| 1:7 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, Consider your ways.! |
| 1:8 |
Go up to the mountainmountains, and bring wood, and buildrebuild the house;temple, andthat I willmay takebe pleasurepleased inwith it, and I will be glorified, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 1:9 |
YeYou lookedlook for much, and,but lobehold, it camecomes to little; and when yeyou broughtbring it home, I did blow uponit itaway. Why? saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts., Because of myMy house thatwhich liethlies wastedesolate, while yeeach runof everyyou manruns to his own house. |
| 1:10 |
Therefore, forbecause yourof sakeyou the heavenssky withholdhas thewithheld its dew, and the earth withholdethhas withheld its fruitproduce. |
| 1:11 |
And I called for a drought uponon the land, andon upon the mountains, andon upon the grain, andon upon the new wine, andon upon the oil, andon uponwhat that which the ground bringeth forthproduces, andon upon men, andon upon cattle, and uponon all the labor of theyour hands. |
| 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 Jehovahthe Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovahthe Lord their God had sent him;. andAnd the people didshowed fearreverence beforefor Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 1:13 |
Then spake Haggai, Jehovahsthe messenger inof Jehovahsthe messageLord, untospoke by the commission of the Lord to the people, saying, I am with you, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 1:14 |
AndSo Jehovahthe 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 didworked work on the house of Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, their God, |
| 1:15 |
inon the fourtwenty andfourth twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. |
| 2:1 |
InOn the seventhtwenty month,first inof the oneseventh andmonth, twentieththe dayword of the month,Lord came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| 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, |
| 2:3 |
Who is left among you thatwho saw this housetemple in its former glory? andAnd how do yeyou see it now? isDoes it not inseem yourto eyesyou aslike nothing in comparison? |
| 2:4 |
YetBut now betake strongcourage, O Zerubbabel, saithdeclares Jehovah;the andLord, betake strongcourage also, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest;, and be strong, all yeyou people of the land take courage, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord, and work:; for I am with you, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts,. |
| 2:5 |
accordingAs tofor the wordpromise thatwhich I covenantedmade with you when yeyou came out of Egypt, andMy my Spirit abodeis amongabiding you:in fearyour yemidst; do not. fear! |
| 2:6 |
For thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, YetOnce once,more itin is a little while, and I willam going to shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, also and the dry land;. |
| 2:7 |
andAnd I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the preciouswealth things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |
| 2:8 |
The silver is mineMine, and the gold is mineMine, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |
| 2:9 |
The latter glory of this house shallwill be greater than the former, saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts;, and in this place will I shall give peace, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |
| 2:10 |
InOn the fourtwenty andfourth twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovahthe byLord came to Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| 2:11 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts:, Ask now the priests concerningfor thea law, saying,ruling: |
| 2:12 |
If onea bearman carries holy fleshmeat in the skirtfold of his garment, and withtouches hisbread skirtwith dothis touch breadfold, or pottagecooked food, or wine, or oil, or any other food, shallwill it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No. |
| 2:13 |
Then Haggai said Haggai, If one thatwho is unclean byfrom reason of a deadcorpse bodytouches touch any of these, shallwill itthe belatter become unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shallwill bebecome unclean. |
| 2:14 |
Then Haggai answered Haggai and said, So is this people,. andAnd so is this nation before meMe, saithdeclares Jehovah;the Lord, and so is every work of their hands; and thatwhat which they offer there is unclean. |
| 2:15 |
AndBut now, Ido pray you, consider from this day andonward: backward, before aone stone was laidplaced uponon aanother stone in the temple of Jehovah.the Lord, |
| 2:16 |
Throughfrom all that time, when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there werewould butbe only ten; and when one came to the winevatwine vat to draw out fifty vesselsmeasures, there werewould butbe only twenty. |
| 2:17 |
I smote you withand blastingevery andwork withof mildewyour andhands with hailblasting inwind, allmildew, theand work of your handshail; yet yeyou turneddid not come back to meMe, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord. |
| 2:18 |
Consider,Do Iconsider pray you, from this day and backwardonward, from the fourtwenty andfourth twentieth day of the ninth month,; sincefrom the day thatwhen the foundationtemple of Jehovahsthe templeLord was laidfounded, consider it.: |
| 2:19 |
Is the seed yetstill in the barn? yea,Even including the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, haveit has not broughtborne forth;fruit. Yet from this day willon I will bless you. |
| 2:20 |
AndThen the word of Jehovahthe Lord came thea second time untoto Haggai inon the fourtwenty andfourth twentieth day of the month, saying, |
| 2:21 |
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I willam going to shake the heavens and the earth;. |
| 2:22 |
andAnd I will overthrow the thronethrones of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strengthpower of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and thosetheir thatriders, ride in them; and the horses and their riders shallwill comego down, everyeveryone one by the sword of his brotheranother. |
| 2:23 |
InOn that day, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts, I will I take theeyou, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saithMy Jehovahservant, declares the Lord, and I will make theeyou aslike a signet; ring, for I have chosen theeyou, saithdeclares Jehovahthe Lord of hosts. |