‏ Haggai 2

The Builders Encouraged

1 On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by aHaggai the prophet, saying, 2“Speak now to bZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, cgovernor of Judah, and to dJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the eremnant of the people, saying, 3‘Who is fleft among you who saw this
Lit house
temple in its hformer glory? And how do you see it now?
Lit Is it not in your eyes like
Does it not seem to you like nothing
Lit like it
in comparison?
4But now
Lit be strong
ltake courage, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord, ‘take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work; for mI am with you,’ declares the Lord of armies.
5‘As for the
Lit word
opromise which I
Lit cut with
made you when you came out of Egypt,
Or while My Spirit was standing
My rSpirit remains in your midst; sdo not fear!’
6For this is what the Lord of armies says: ‘ tOnce more
Lit it is a little
in a vlittle while, I am going to wshake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
7I will shake xall the nations; and
Another reading is the wealth of all nations will come
they will come with the zwealth of all nations, and I will aafill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of armies.
8‘The absilver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of armies. 9‘The latter acglory of this house will be greater than the adformer,’ says the Lord of armies, ‘and in this place I will give aepeace,’ declares the Lord of armies.”

10 On the aftwenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying, 11“The Lord of armies says this: ‘ agNow ask the priests for a
Lit law; or saying
ruling:
12If someone carries aiholy meat in the
Lit wing
fold of his garment, and touches bread with
Lit his wing
this fold, or touches cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.”
13Then Haggai said, “ alIf one who is unclean from a
Lit soul
corpse touches any of these things, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.”
14Then Haggai responded and said, “‘ anSo is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. 15But now, do
Lit set your heart
apconsider from this day
Or backward
onward: before one arstone was placed on another in the temple of the Lord,
16
Lit since they were
from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty
Lit troughs
measures, there would be only twenty.
17I struck you and every work of your hands with auscorching wind, mildew, and hail;
As in LXX; MT but you were not to Me
yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the Lord.
18‘Do
Lit set your heart
axconsider from this day
Or backward
onward, from the aztwenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the Lord was bafounded,
Lit set your heart
consider:
19Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not produced fruit. Yet from this day on I will bcbless you.’”

20 Then the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the bdtwenty-fourth day of the month, saying, 21“Speak to beZerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to bfshake the heavens and the earth. 22And I will bgoverthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the bhpower of the kingdoms of the
Or Gentiles
nations; and I will bjoverthrow the chariots and their riders, and the bkhorses and their riders will go down, blevery one by the sword of another.’
23‘On that day,’ declares the Lord of armies, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like a
Or seal
bnsignet ring, for boI have chosen you,’” declares the Lord of armies.
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