Haggai 2
1 In the
seventh month, in the
one and
twentieth day of the
month, came the
word of the
LORD by the
prophet Haggai, saying,
2 Speak now to
Zerubbabel the
son of
Shealtiel, governor of
Judah, and to
Joshua the
son of
Josedech, the
high priest, and to the
residue of the
people, saying,
3 Who is
left among you that
saw this
house in her
first glory? and how do ye
see it now? is it not in your
eyes in
comparison of it as nothing?
4 Yet now be
strong, O
Zerubbabel, saith the
LORD; and be
strong, O
Joshua, son of
Josedech, 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: 5 According to the
word that I
covenanted with you when ye
came out of
Egypt, so my
spirit remaineth among you:
fear ye not.
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;
7 And I will
shake all
nations, and the
desire of all
nations shall
come: and I will
fill this
house with
glory, saith the
LORD of
hosts. 8 The
silver is mine, and the
gold is mine,
saith the
LORD of
hosts. 9 The
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. 10 In the
four and
twentieth day of the
ninth month, in the
second year of
Darius, came the
word of the
LORD by Haggai the
prophet, saying,
11 Thus
saith the
LORD 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
meat, shall it be
holy? And the
priests answered and
said, No.
13 Then
said Haggai, If one that is
unclean by 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 the
LORD; 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
upward, from
before a
stone was
laid upon a
stone in the
temple of the
LORD: 16 Since those days were, when one
came to an
heap of
twenty measures, there were but
ten: when one
came to the
pressfat for to draw
out fifty vessels out of the
press, there were but
twenty. 17 I
smote you with
blasting and with
mildew and with
hail in all the
labours of your
hands; yet ye turned not to me,
saith the
LORD. 18 Consider now from this
day and
upward, from the
four and
twentieth day of the
ninth month, even from the
day that the
foundation of the
LORD'S temple was laid,
consider it.
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.
20 And
again the
word of the
LORD came 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
heathen; 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 the
LORD of
hosts, will I
take thee, O
Zerubbabel, my
servant, the
son of
Shealtiel, saith the
LORD, and will
make thee as a
signet: for I have
chosen thee,
saith the
LORD of
hosts.