Haggai
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Chapter 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,
^2"This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, The time
hasn't yet come, the time for Yahweh's house to be built.'"
^3Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,
^4"Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses,
while this house lies waste?
^5Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways.
^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."
^7This is what Yahweh of Armies says: "Consider your ways.
^8Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take
pleasure in it, and I will be glorified," says Yahweh.
^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 Armies, "Because
of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own
house.
^10Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth
withholds its fruit.
^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 livestock, and on all the labor of the hands."
^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.
^13Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke in Yahweh's message to the
people, saying, "I am with you," says Yahweh.
^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 Armies, their God,
^15in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the
second year of Darius the king.
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Chapter 2
^1In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Word
of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
^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,
^3Who 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?
^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 Armies.
^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.'
^6For this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Yet once, it is a little
while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry
land;
^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 Armies.
^8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,' says Yahweh of Armies.
^9The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says
Yahweh of Armies; and in this place will I give peace,' says Yahweh of
Armies."
^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,
^11"Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Ask now the priests concerning the law,
saying,
^12If 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."
^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."
^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.
^15Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was
laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.
^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.
^17I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your
hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says Yahweh.
^18Consider, 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.
^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.'"
^20The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the
twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
^21"Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the
heavens and the earth.
^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.
^23In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, 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 Armies."
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