Haggai 1–2

1^*aIn the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord ^†by Haggai the prophet unto ^bZerubbabel the son of ^cShealtiel, ^||ccgovernor of Judah, and to ^dJoshua the son of ^deJosedech, ^eethe high priest, saying, ²Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built. ³Then came the word of the Lord ^fby Haggai the prophet, saying,

^4gIs it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ^hcieled houses,

And this house lie ^twaste?

⁵Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; ^†iConsider your ways.

^6jYe have sown much, and ^kbring in little;

^lYe eat, but ye have not ^menough;

Ye ⁿdrink, but ye are not ^ofilled with drink;

Ye clothe you, but there is none warm;

And ^phe that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag ^†with holes.

⁷Thus saith the Lord of hosts; ⁱConsider your ways.

⁸Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house;

And I will take pleasure in it, and ^qI will be glorified, saith the Lord.

^9jYe looked for much, and, lo, it came to little;

And when ye brought it home, ^rI did ^||sblow upon it.

Why? saith the Lord of hosts.

Because of mine house that is ^twaste,

And ye run every man unto his own house.

¹⁰Therefore ^uthe heaven over you ^vis stayed from ^vvdew,

And the earth ^vis stayed from her ^vvfruit.

¹¹And ^wI called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains,

And upon the ^xcorn, and upon ^xthe new wine, and upon ^xthe oil,

And upon that which the ground bringeth forth,

And upon men, and upon cattle, and upon ^yall the labour of the hands.

^12zThen ^bZerubbabel the son of ^cShealtiel, and ^dJoshua the son of ^deJosedech, the high priest, with all ^athe remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord. ¹³Then spake Haggai ^bthe Lord’s messenger in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, ^cI am with you, saith the Lord. ¹⁴And ^dthe Lord stirred up the spirit of ^eZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^egovernor of Judah, and the spirit of ^eJoshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all ^athe remnant of the people; and they came and ^fdid work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, ^15gIn the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

2^aIn the seventh month, ^ain the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord ^†by the prophet Haggai, saying, ²Speak now to ^bZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^bgovernor of Judah, and to ^bJoshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to ^cthe residue of the people, saying,

^3dWho is left among you that saw this house in ^eher first glory?

And how do ye see it now?

^fIs it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

⁴Yet now ^gbe strong, ^bO Zerubbabel, saith the Lord;

And ^gbe strong, ^bO Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest;

And ^gbe strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and ^hwork:

For ⁱI am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:

^5jAccording to ^kthe word that I ^kcovenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt,

So ^lmy spirit remaineth among you: ^mfear ye not.

⁶For thus saith the Lord of hosts; ⁿYet once, it is ^oa little while,

And ^pI will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

⁷And ^pI will shake ^qall nations, and ^rthe desire of all nations ^sshall come:

And I will fill this house with ^tyglory, saith the Lord of hosts.

^8uThe silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.

^9vyThe glory ^wof this latter house shall be greater than of ^xthe former, saith the Lord of hosts:

And in this place will I give ^yzpeace, saith the Lord of hosts.

^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 an 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.