¹⁴And Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and did the work on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God, ¹⁵on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of King Darius.

A Promise to Rebuild

2In the seventh month on the twenty-first day, the word of Yahweh came through^a Haggai the prophet, saying, ²“Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying, ³‘Who among you is left that saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it seem like nothing to you?^b ⁴‘But now take courage,^c Zerubbabel,’ declares^d Yahweh. ‘Take courage,^e Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and take courage,^f all the people of the land,’ declares^g Yahweh. ‘Do the work, because I am with you,’ declares^h Yahweh of hosts, ⁵‘according to the promiseⁱ that I covenanted^j with you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit is with you;^k do not be afraid.’ ⁶For thus says Yahweh of hosts: ‘Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and dry land. ⁷I will shake all the nations so that the treasure of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house^l with glory,’ says Yahweh of hosts. ⁸‘The silver is mine and the gold is mine,’ declares^m Yahweh of hosts. ⁹‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace’ declaresⁿ Yahweh of hosts.’ ”

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Footnotes

aLiterally “came through the hand of”
bLiterally “in your eyes”
cOr “be strong”
dLiterally “a declaration of”
eOr “Be strong”
fOr “be strong”
gLiterally “a declaration of”
hLiterally “a declaration of”
iLiterally “the word”
jLiterally “I cut”
kLiterally “is standing in your midst”
lThat is, the temple
mLiterally “a declaration of”
nLiterally “a declaration of”