¶ In the seventh¹ month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet² Haggai, saying,

Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor³ of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,

Who is left⁴ among you that saw this house in her first glory⁵? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

Yet now⁶ 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: for⁷ I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:

According to the⁸ word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so⁹ my spirit remaineth among you: fear¹⁰ ye not.

For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet¹¹ once, it is¹² a little while, and I¹³ will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

And I will shake¹⁴ all nations, and the¹⁵ desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill¹⁶ this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.

¹⁷The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.

The glory¹⁸ of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith¹⁹ the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give²⁰ peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

¶²¹In 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,

²²Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

²³If 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.

²⁴Then 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.

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people²⁵, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that²⁶ which they offer there is unclean.

And now, I pray you, consider²⁷ from this day and upward, from before²⁸ a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

Since those days were, when one came to an²⁹ 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.

I smote you with blasting³⁰ and with mildew and with hail³¹ in all³² the labours of your hands; yet³³ ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.

Consider³⁴ now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even³⁵ from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.

Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as³⁶ yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from³⁷ this day will I bless you.

¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the³⁸ four and twentieth day of the month, saying,

Speak to Zerubbabel³⁹, governor of Judah, saying, I will⁴⁰ shake the heavens and the earth;

And I will overthrow⁴¹ the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots⁴², and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every⁴³ one by the sword of his brother.

In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel⁴⁴, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will⁴⁵ make thee as a signet: for⁴⁶ I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts.