1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of
the month, came the word of by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high
priest, saying,
2 Thus speaketh of HOSTS, saying, This people say, The time is not come,
the time that 's house should be built.
3 Then came the word of by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this
house lie waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith of HOSTS; Consider your ways.
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye
drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm;
and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with
holes.
7 Thus saith of HOSTS; Consider your ways.
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take
pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith .
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it
home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith of HOSTS. Because of MINE house
that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from
her fruit.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon
the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which
the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the
labour of the hands.
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the
high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of
their , and the words of Haggai the prophet, as their had
sent him, and the people did fear before .
13 Then spake Haggai 's messenger in 's message unto the people,
saying, I AM with you, saith .
14 And stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high
priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did
work in the house of of HOSTS, their ,
15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of
Darius the king.
~ Haggai 2 ~
1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the
month, came the word of by the prophet Haggai, saying,
2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua
the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how
do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as
nothing?
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith ; and be strong, O Joshua, son
of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith
, and work: for I AM with you, saith of HOSTS:
5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of
Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith of HOSTS; Yet once, it is a little while, and
I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I
will fill this house with glory, saith of HOSTS.
8 The silver is MINE, and the gold is MINE, saith of
HOSTS.
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith
of HOSTS: and in this place will I give peace, saith of HOSTS.
10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the
second year of Darius, came the word of by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 Thus saith of HOSTS; Ask now the priests concerning the law,
saying,
12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do
touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the
priests answered and said, No.
13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of
these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be
unclean.
14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is
this nation before , saith ; and so is every work of their
hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone
was laid upon a stone in the temple of :
16 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures,
there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw
out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of
your hands; yet ye turned not to , saith .
18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the
ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of 's temple
was laid, consider it.
19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the
pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I
bless you.
20 And again the word of came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day
of the month, saying,
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and
the earth;
22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength
of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those
that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by
the sword of his brother.
23 In that day, saith of HOSTS, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel,
servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith , and will make thee as a signet:
for I have chosen thee, saith of HOSTS.