Ezr 6:14, Hag 2:4-9, 20-23, Zec 3-4, 2Cor 1:24 | ESV | STEP | And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo . They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia ;

14 ^aAnd the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and ^bby decree of Cyrus and ^cDarius and ^dArtaxerxes king of Persia;

Haggai 2:4-9

4 Yet now ^ebe strong, O ^fZerubbabel, declares the Lord. ^gBe strong, O ^hJoshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ⁱBe strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. ^jWork, for ^kI am with you, declares the Lord of hosts, 5 ^laccording to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. ^mMy Spirit remains in your midst. ⁿFear not. 6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: ^oYet once more, in a little while, ^pI will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. 7 And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and ^qI will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. 8 ^rThe silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. 9 ^sThe latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And ^tin this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.’”

Haggai 2:20-23

Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet

20 The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai ^uon the twenty-fourth day of the month, 21 “Speak to ^vZerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, ^wI am about to shake the heavens and the earth, 22 and ^xto overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and ^yoverthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go down, ^zevery one by the sword of his brother. 23 On that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O ^aaZerubbabel ^abmy servant, the son of ^acShealtiel, declares the Lord, and make you ^adlike a ^{▼▼Hebrew the} signet ring, ^affor I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts.”

Zechariah 3

A Vision of Joshua the High Priest

1 Then he showed me ^agJoshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and ^ahSatan ^{▼▼Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary} standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, ^aj“The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has ^akchosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this ^ala brand ^{▼▼That is, a burning stick} plucked from the fire?” 3 Now ^anJoshua was standing before the angel, ^aoclothed with filthy garments. 4 And the angel said to ^apthose who were standing before him, ^aq“Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, ^arI have taken your iniquity away from you, and ^asI will clothe you with pure vestments.” 5 And I said, ^at“Let them put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the Lord was standing by.

6 And the angel of the Lord solemnly assured ^auJoshua, 7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and ^avkeep my charge, then you shall ^awrule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among ^axthose who are standing here. 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for ^aythey are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring ^azmy servant ^bathe Branch. 9 For behold, on ^bbthe stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with ^bcseven eyes, ^{▼▼Or facets} I will ^beengrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^bfI will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. 10 In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come ^bgunder his vine and under his fig tree.”

Zechariah 4

A Vision of a Golden Lampstand

1 And ^bhthe angel who talked with me came again ^biand woke me, like a man who is awakened out of his sleep. 2 And he said to me, “What do you see?” I said, “I see, and behold, ^bja lampstand all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and ^bkseven lamps on it, with seven lips on each of the lamps that are on the top of it. 3 And there are ^bltwo olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.” 4 And I said to ^bmthe angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?” 5 Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, ^bn“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^boZerubbabel: ^bpNot by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. 7 Who are you, ^bqO great mountain? Before ^brZerubbabel ^bsyou shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^btthe top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 9 ^bu“The hands of ^bvZerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^bwcomplete it. ^bxThen you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. 10 ^byFor whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see ^bzthe plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^ca“These seven ^cbare the eyes of the Lord, ^ccwhich range through the whole earth.” 11 Then I said to him, “What are these ^cdtwo olive trees on the right and the left of the lampstand?” 12 And a second time I answered and said to him, “What are these ^cetwo branches of the olive trees, which are beside the two golden pipes from which the golden oil ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks oil} is poured out?” 13 He said to me, ^cg“Do you not know what these are?” I said, “No, my lord.” 14 Then he said, ^ch“These are the two anointed ones ^{▼▼Hebrew two sons of new oil} who stand by ^cjthe Lord of the whole earth.”

2 Corinthians 1:24

24 Not that we ^cklord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm ^clin your faith.