| 1:1 |
In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of JosedechJehozadak, the high priest, saying, |
| 1:2 |
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, TheIt time is not the time for us to come, the time thatfor the LordsLordS house shouldto be built. |
| 1:4 |
Is it a time for you, Oyourselves ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, andwhile this house lielieth waste? |
| 1:5 |
Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts;: Consider your ways., |
| 1:7 |
Thus saith the Lord of hosts;: Consider your ways. |
| 1:9 |
Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that islieth waste, andwhile ye run every man untoto his own house. |
| 1:10 |
Therefore for your sake the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. |
| 1:11 |
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. |
| 1:12 |
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of JosedechJehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him,; and the people did fear before the Lord. |
| 1:13 |
Then spake Haggai the LordsLordS messenger in the LordsLordS message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord. |
| 1:14 |
And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of JosedechJehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, |
| 1:15 |
Inin the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. |
| 2:1 |
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet Haggai, saying, |
| 2:2 |
Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of JosedechJehozadak, the high priest, and to the residueremnant of the people, saying, |
| 2:3 |
Who is left among you that saw this house in herits firstformer glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? |
| 2:4 |
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of JosedechJehozadak, 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:, |
| 2:5 |
Accordingaccording to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, soand my spirit remainethabode among you: fear ye not. |
| 2:6 |
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; |
| 2:7 |
Andand I will shake all nations, and the desiredesirable things of all nations shall come:, and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts. |
| 2:9 |
The latter 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. |
| 2:11 |
Thus saith the Lord of hosts;: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, |
| 2:12 |
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 bebecome holy? And the priests answered and said, No. |
| 2:14 |
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. |
| 2:16 |
SinceThrough thoseall daysthat weretime, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten:; when one came to the pressfatwinefat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. |
| 2:17 |
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labourswork of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord. |
| 2:18 |
Consider, nowI pray you, from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, evensince from the day that the foundation of the LordsLordS temple was laid, consider it. |
| 2:19 |
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. |
| 2:20 |
And again the word of the Lord came the second time unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, |
| 2:21 |
Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;: |
| 2:22 |
Andand I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathennations; 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. |