| 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 theJehovah Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, |
| 1:2 |
Thus speaketh theJehovah Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time for us to come, the time for theJehovahs LordS house to be built. |
| 1:3 |
Then came the word of theJehovah Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| 1:4 |
Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your cieledceiled houses, while this house lieth waste? |
| 1:5 |
Now therefore thus saith theJehovah Lord of hosts: Consider your ways,. |
| 1:7 |
Thus saith theJehovah Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. |
| 1:8 |
Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LordJehovah. |
| 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 theJehovah Lord of hosts. Because of minemy house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house. |
| 1:10 |
Therefore for your sake the heavenheavens iswithhold stayedthe from dew, and the earth iswithholdeth stayedits from her fruit. |
| 1:11 |
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corngrain, 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 labourlabor of the 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 theJehovah Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as theJehovah Lord their God had sent him; and the people did fear before the LordJehovah. |
| 1:13 |
Then spake Haggai theJehovahs LordS messenger in theJehovahs LordS message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LordJehovah. |
| 1:14 |
And theJehovah 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 did work inon the house of theJehovah Lord of hosts, their God, |
| 2:1 |
In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of theJehovah Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| 2:4 |
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LordJehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LordJehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith theJehovah Lord of hosts, |
| 2:5 |
according to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my spiritSpirit abode among you: fear ye not. |
| 2:6 |
For thus saith theJehovah 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 |
and I will shake all nations,; and the desirableprecious things of all nations shall come,; and I will fill this house with glory, saith theJehovah Lord of hosts. |
| 2:8 |
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith theJehovah Lord of hosts. |
| 2:9 |
The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith theJehovah Lord of hosts:; and in this place will I give peace, saith theJehovah Lord of hosts. |
| 2:10 |
In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of theJehovah Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, |
| 2:11 |
Thus saith theJehovah 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 meatfood, shall it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No. |
| 2:13 |
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. |
| 2:14 |
Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LordJehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. |
| 2:15 |
And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upwardbackward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:Jehovah. |
| 2:16 |
Through all that time, when one came to ana heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winefatwinevat for to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty. |
| 2:17 |
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LordJehovah. |
| 2:18 |
Consider, I pray you, from this day and upwardbackward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of theJehovahs LordS temple was laid, consider it. |
| 2:19 |
Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree hathhave not brought forth; from this day will I bless you. |
| 2:20 |
And the word of theJehovah 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 |
and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms,; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; 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. |
| 2:23 |
In that day, saith theJehovah Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LordJehovah, and will make thee as a signet:; for I have chosen thee, saith theJehovah Lord of hosts. |