
Haggai

   {1:1} In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in
the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the
prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to
Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, {1:2} Thus
speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying, This people say, It is not the time
[for us] to come, the time for Jehovah's house to be built. {1:3} Then
came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying, {1:4} Is it a
time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this
house lieth waste? {1:5} Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
Consider your ways. {1:6} 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. {1:7} Thus saith
Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways. {1:8} 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 Jehovah. {1:9} Ye looked for much, and, lo, it
came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why?
saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye
run every man to his own house. {1:10} Therefore for your sake the
heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit. {1:11}
And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and
upon the grain, 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 labor of the hands. {1:12} Then 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 Jehovah their God, and
the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him; and
the people did fear before Jehovah. {1:13} Then spake Haggai Jehovah's
messenger in Jehovah's message unto the people, saying, I am with you,
saith Jehovah. {1:14} And Jehovah 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 did work on the house of Jehovah of
hosts, their God, {1:15} in the four and twentieth day of the month, in
the sixth [month], in the second year of Darius the king.



   {2:1} In the seventh [month], in the one and twentieth [day] of the
month, came the word of Jehovah 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 that saw this house in its
former glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as
nothing? {2:4} Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be
strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all
ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you,
saith Jehovah of hosts, {2:5} [according to] the word that I covenanted
with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear
ye not. {2:6} For thus saith Jehovah 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; {2:7} and I will shake all nations; and the precious
things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with
glory, saith Jehovah of hosts. {2:8} The silver is mine, and the gold
is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts. {2:9} The latter glory of this house
shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this
place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts. {2:10} In the four and
twentieth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius,
came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying, {2:11} Thus
saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
{2:12} 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 food, shall
it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No. {2:13} Then said
Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of
these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall
be unclean. {2:14} Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people,
and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of
their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. {2:15} And
now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone
was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah. {2:16} Through all that
time, when one came to a heap of twenty [measures], there were but ten;
when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty [vessels], there were
but twenty. {2:17} I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with
hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith
Jehovah. {2:18} Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from
the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month], since the day that the
foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it. {2:19} Is the
seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the
pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day
will I bless [you]. {2:20} And the word of Jehovah came the second time
unto Haggai in the four and twentieth [day] of the month, saying,
{2:21} Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the
heavens and the earth; {2:22} and I will overthrow the throne of
kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the
nations; 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. {2:23} In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will
I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith
Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith
Jehovah of hosts.




