| 1:1 |
In the second year of Darius the king in the sixth month inon the first day of the month came the word of Jehovahthe Lord came by Haggai the prophet untoto ZerubbabelZerub′babel the son of ShealtielShe al′ti el governor of Judah and to Joshua the son of JehozadakJehoz′adak the high priest saying |
| 1:2 |
Thus speakethsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: saying This people say It is not the time forhas usnot toyet come theto timerebuild forthe Jehovahs house toof bethe builtLord |
| 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 wastein ruins |
| 1:5 |
Now therefore thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: Consider yourhow waysyou have fared |
| 1:6 |
YeYou have sown much and bringharvested in little; yeyou eat but yeyou never have not enough; yeyou drink but yeyou arenever nothave filledyour with drinkfill; yeyou clothe youyourselves but thereno one is none warm; and he thatwho earnethearns wages earnethearns wages to put itthem into a bag with holes |
| 1:7 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: Consider yourhow waysyou have fared |
| 1:8 |
Go up to the mountainhills and bring wood and build the house; andthat I willmay take pleasure in it and that I willmay beappear glorifiedin saithmy Jehovahglory says the Lord |
| 1:9 |
YeYou have looked for much and lo it came to little; and when yeyou brought it home I didblew blowit uponaway it Why saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts Because of my house that liethlies wastein ruins while yeyou runbusy everyyourselves maneach towith his own house |
| 1:10 |
Therefore forthe yourheavens sakeabove theyou heavenshave withholdwithheld the dew and the earth withholdethhas withheld its fruitproduce |
| 1:11 |
And I have called for a drought upon the land and upon the mountainshills and upon the grain and upon the new wine and upon the oil and upon thatwhat which the ground bringethbrings forth and upon men and upon cattle and upon all thetheir labor of the handslabors |
| 1:12 |
Then ZerubbabelZerub′babel the son of ShealtielShe al′ti el and Joshua the son of JehozadakJehoz′adak 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; and the people didfeared fear before Jehovahthe Lord |
| 1:13 |
Then spake Haggai Jehovahsthe messenger inof Jehovahsthe messageLord untospoke to the people sayingwith the Lords message I am with you saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
| 1:14 |
And Jehovahthe Lord stirred up the spirit of ZerubbabelZerub′babel the son of ShealtielShe al′ti el governor of Judah and the spirit of Joshua the son of JehozadakJehoz′adak 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 |
In the second year of Darius the king in the seventh month inon the onetwenty andfirst twentieth day of the month came the word of Jehovahthe Lord came by Haggai the prophet saying |
| 2:2 |
Speak now to ZerubbabelZerub′babel the son of ShealtielShe al′ti el governor of Judah and to Joshua the son of JehozadakJehoz′adak the high priest and to all the remnant of the people sayingand say |
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Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory andHow how do yeyou see it now isIs it not in your eyessight as nothing |
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Yet now betake strongcourage O ZerubbabelZerub′babel saithsays Jehovahthe Lord; andtake becourage strong O Joshua son of JehozadakJehoz′adak the high priest; andtake becourage strong all yeyou people of the land saithsays Jehovahthe andLord; work: for I am with you saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |
| 2:5 |
according to the wordpromise that I covenantedmade with you when yeyou came out of Egypt andMy my Spirit abodeabides among you:; fear ye not |
| 2:6 |
For thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: YetOnce onceagain itin is a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land; |
| 2:7 |
and I will shake all nations; andso that the precioustreasures things of all nations shall come; in and I will fill this house with glorysplendor saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |
| 2:8 |
The silver is mine and the gold is mine saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |
| 2:9 |
The latter glorysplendor of this house shall be greater than the former saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts; and in this place I will I give peaceprosperity saithsays 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 Lord came by Haggai the prophet saying |
| 2:11 |
Thus saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts: Ask now the priests concerningto thedecide lawthis sayingquestion |
| 2:12 |
If one bearcarries holy flesh in the skirt of his garment and touches with his skirt do touch bread or pottage or wine or oil or any kind of food shalldoes it become holy AndThe the priests answered and said No |
| 2:13 |
Then said Haggai If one thatwho is unclean by reasoncontact ofwith a dead body touchtouches any of these shalldoes it bebecome unclean AndThe the priests answered and said It shalldoes bebecome unclean |
| 2:14 |
Then answered Haggai and said So is it with this people and sowith is this nation before me saithsays Jehovahthe Lord; and so iswith every work of their hands; and thatwhat which they offer there is unclean |
| 2:15 |
AndPray now Iconsider praywhat youwill considercome to pass from this day andonward backwardBefore before a stone was laidplaced upon a stone in the temple of Jehovahthe Lord |
| 2:16 |
Throughhow alldid thatyou timefare whenWhen one came to a heap of twenty measures there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vesselsmeasures there were but twenty |
| 2:17 |
I smote you with blasting and withall mildewthe andproducts withof hailyour intoil allwith theblight workand ofmildew yourand handshail; yet yeyou turneddid not return to me saithsays Jehovahthe Lord |
| 2:18 |
Consider I pray you from this day andonward backward from the fourtwenty andfourth twentieth day of the ninth month sinceSince the day that the foundation of Jehovahsthe Lords temple was laid consider: it |
| 2:19 |
Is the seed yet in the barn yeaDo the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate and the olive tree havestill notyield broughtnothing forth;From from this day willon I will bless you |
| 2:20 |
AndThe 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 ZerubbabelZerub′babel governor of Judah saying I willam about to shake the heavens and the earth; |
| 2:22 |
and Ito will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; and I willam about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and thosetheir that ride in themriders; and the horses and their riders shall comego down every one by the sword of his brotherfellow |
| 2:23 |
InOn that day saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts I will I take theeyou O ZerubbabelZerub′babel my servant the son of ShealtielShe saithal′ti Jehovahel says the Lord and will make theeyou aslike a signet ring; for I have chosen theeyou saithsays Jehovahthe Lord of hosts |