Haggai
1. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first
day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet unto
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son
of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2 Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the
time [for us] to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built.
3 Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while
this house lieth waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough;
ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is
none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag
with holes.
7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
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 Jehovah.
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it
home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house
that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.
10 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth
withholdeth its fruit.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and
upon the grain, 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 labor of the hands.
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
Jehovah their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their
God had sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah.
13 Then spake Haggai Jehovah's messenger in Jehovah's message unto the
people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah.
14 And Jehovah 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 on the house of Jehovah of hosts, their God,
15 in the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth [month], in
the second year of Darius the king.
Haggai
Chapter 2
1. In the seventh [month], in the one and twentieth [day] of the month,
came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
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,
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how
do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O
Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of
the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of
hosts,
5 [according to] the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of
Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith Jehovah 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;
7 and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations
shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.
9 The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith
Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of
hosts.
10. In the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second
year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law,
saying,
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 food, shall it become
holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
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.
14 Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this
nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and
that which they offer there is unclean.
15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a
stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.
16 Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty [measures],
there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty
[vessels], there were but twenty.
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 Jehovah.
18 Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and
twentieth day of the ninth [month], since the day that the foundation of
Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it.
19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the
pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will
I bless [you].
20. And the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai in the four
and twentieth [day] of the month, saying,
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the
heavens and the earth;
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.
23 In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel,
my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a
signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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