Haggai 2:10–23

^10aIn the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, ^bin the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord ^bby Haggai the prophet, saying, ¹¹Thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^cAsk now the priests concerning the law, saying, ¹²If one bear ^dholy 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, ^eNo. ¹³Then said Haggai, If one that is ^funclean by a dead body ^gtouch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, ^gIt shall be unclean. ¹⁴Then answered Haggai, and said,

^heSo is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord;

And so is ^pevery work of their hands;

And that which they offer there is unclean.

¹⁵And now, I pray you, ^ijconsider from this day and upward,

From before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:

^16kSince those days were, ^lwhen one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten:

When one came to ^mthe pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

¹⁷I ^lnsmote you with blasting and with mildew and ^owith hail

In ^pall the labours of your hands;

Yet ye ^qturned not to me, saith the Lord.

^18ijConsider now from this day and upward,

^rFrom the four and twentieth day of the ninth month,

Even from ^sthe day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, ⁱconsider it.

^19rtIs the seed yet in ^uthe barn?

Yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth:

^rFrom this day ^vwill I bless you.

²⁰And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai ^rin the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, ²¹Speak to ^wZerubbabel, ^wgovernor of Judah, saying,

^xI will shake the heavens and the earth;

²²And ^yI will overthrow the throne of kingdoms,

And ^yI will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen;

And ^zI will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them;

And the horses and their riders shall come down,

^aEvery one by the sword of his brother.

²³In that day, saith the Lord of hosts,

Will I take thee, ^wO Zerubbabel, ^bmy servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord,

And will make thee ^cas a signet:

For ^bdI have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.