Haggai
1:1In the second year of Darius the king,
in the sixth month, in the first day of
the month, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai,
the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son
of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, 1:2"This is what Yahweh of Hosts says:
These people say, 'The time hasn't yet come,
the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"
1:3Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai,
the prophet, saying, 1:4"Is it a time for you yourselves
to dwell in your paneled houses, while this
house lies waste? 1:5Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Hosts
says: Consider your ways. 1:6You have sown much,
and bring in little. You eat, but you don't
have enough. You drink, but you aren't filled
with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no
one is warm, and he who earns wages earns
wages to put them into a bag with holes
in it."
1:7This is what Yahweh of Hosts says: "Consider
your ways. 1:8Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and
build the house. I will take pleasure in
it, and I will be glorified," says
Yahweh. 1:9"You looked for much, and, behold,
it came to little; and when you brought
it home, I blew it away. Why?" says
Yahweh of Hosts, "Because of my house
that lies waste, while each of you is busy
with his own house. 1:10Therefore for your
sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the
earth withholds its fruit. 1:11I called for a drought on the land, on
the mountains, on the grain, on the new
wine, on the oil, on that which the ground
brings forth, on men, on cattle, and on
all the labor of the hands."
1:12Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel,
and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high
priest, with all the remnant of the people,
obeyed the voice of Yahweh, their God, and
the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh,
their God, had sent him; and the people
feared Yahweh.
1:13Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke
in Yahweh's message to the people, saying,
"I am with you," says Yahweh.
1:14Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak,
the high priest, and the spirit of all the
remnant of the people; and they came and
worked on the house of Yahweh of Hosts,
their God, 1:15in the twenty-fourth day of the month,
in the sixth month, in the second year of
Darius the king.
2:1In the seventh month, in the twenty-first
day of the month, the Word of Yahweh came
by Haggai the prophet, saying, 2:2"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,
2:3'Who is left among you who saw this house
in its former glory? How do you see it now?
Isn't it in your eyes as nothing? 2:4Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says Yahweh.
'Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the
high priest. Be strong, all you people of
the land,' says Yahweh, 'and work, for I
am with you,' says Yahweh of Hosts. 2:5This is the word that I covenanted with
you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit
lived among you. Don't be afraid.' 2:6For this is what Yahweh of Hosts says:
'Yet once, it is a little while, and I will
shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and
the dry land; 2:7and I will shake
all nations. The precious things of all
nations will come, and I will fill this
house with glory, says Yahweh of Hosts.
2:8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,'
says Yahweh of Hosts. 2:9'The latter glory of this house will be
greater than the former,' says Yahweh of
Hosts; 'and in this place will I give peace,'
says Yahweh of Hosts."
2:10In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth
month, in the second year of Darius, the
Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet,
saying, 2:11"Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Ask
now the priests concerning the law, saying,
2:12'If someone carries
holy meat in the fold of his garment, and
with his fold touches bread, stew, wine,
oil, or any food, will it become holy?'"
The priests answered, "No."
2:13Then Haggai said, "If one who is
unclean by reason of a dead body touch any
of these, will it be unclean?"
The priests answered, "It will be
unclean."
2:14Then Haggai answered, "'So is this
people, and so is this nation before me,'
says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their
hands. That which they offer there is unclean.
2:15Now, please consider from this day and
backward, before a stone was laid on a stone
in the temple of Yahweh. 2:16Through all that time, when one came
to a heap of twenty measures, there were
only ten. When one came to the wine vat
to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.
2:17I struck you with blight, mildew, and
hail in all the work of your hands; yet
you didn't turn to me,' says Yahweh. 2:18'Consider, please, from this day and
backward, from the twenty-fourth day of
the ninth month, since the day that the
foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid,
consider it. 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the
vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and
the olive tree haven't brought forth. From
this day will I bless you.'"
2:20The Word of Yahweh came the second time
to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the
month, saying, 2:21"Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of
Judah, saying, 'I will shake the heavens
and the earth. 2:22I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms.
I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms
of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots,
and those who ride in them. The horses and
their riders will come down, everyone by
the sword of his brother. 2:23In that day, says Yahweh of Hosts, will
I take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the
son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh, 'and will
make you as a signet, for I have chosen
you,' says Yahweh of Hosts."
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