Haggai 1:14–2:9

¹⁴So ^sthe Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^tgovernor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; ^uand they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, ¹⁵on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

The Coming Glory of God’s House

2In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the word of the Lord came ¹by Haggai the prophet, saying: ²“Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying: ^3a‘Who is left among you who saw this ²temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, ^bis this not in your eyes as nothing? ⁴Yet now ^cbe strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the Lord; ‘and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ says the Lord of hosts. ^5d‘According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so ^eMy Spirit remains among you; do not fear!’

⁶“For thus says the Lord of hosts: ^f‘Once more (it is a little while) ^gI will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; ⁷and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to ^hthe ³Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this ⁴temple with ⁱglory,’ says the Lord of hosts. ⁸‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts. ^9j‘The glory of this latter ⁵temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give ^kpeace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”