Haggai 1:14–2:9

¹⁴So Yahweh stirred up the spirit of ^aZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^bgovernor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the ^cremnant of the people; and they came and ^ddid work on the house of Yahweh of hosts, their God,

¹⁵on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.

CHAPTER 2

The Glory of Yahweh Will Fill the Temple

¹On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of ^aHaggai the prophet saying,

²“Speak now to ^aZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^bgovernor of Judah, and to ^cJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the ^dremnant of the people saying,

³‘Who among you ^aremains who saw this house in its ^bformer glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?

⁴‘But now, ^abe strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares Yahweh, ‘be strong also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land, be strong,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and work; for ^bI am with you,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.

⁵‘As for the ^1apromise which I cut with you when you came out of Egypt, ²My ^bSpirit is standing in your midst; ^cdo not fear!’

⁶“For thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘^aOnce more—¹in a ^blittle while—I am going to ^cshake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.

⁷‘And I will shake ^aall the nations; and ¹they will come with the ^bdesirable things of all nations, and I will ^cfill this house with glory,’ says Yahweh of hosts.

⁸‘The ^asilver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.

⁹‘The latter ^aglory of this house will be greater than the ^bformer,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give ^cpeace,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.”