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Haggai 2

The Glory of Yahweh Will Fill the Temple

On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of ^aHaggai the prophet saying, 2 “Speak now to ^aZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^agovernor of Judah, and to ^aJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the ^bremnant of the people saying, 3 ‘Who among you ^aremains who saw this house in its ^bformer glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes? 4 But now, ^abe strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares Yahweh, ‘be strong also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land, be strong,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and work; for ^bI am with you,’ declares Yahweh of hosts. 5 ‘As for the ¹^apromise which I cut with you when you came out of Egypt, ²My ^bSpirit is standing in your midst; ^cdo not fear!’ 6 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘^aOnce more—¹in a ^blittle while—I am going to ^cshake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. 7 And I will shake ^aall the nations; and ¹they will come with the ^bdesirable things of all nations, and I will ^cfill this house with glory,’ says Yahweh of hosts. 8 ‘The ^asilver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ declares Yahweh of hosts. 9 ‘The latter ^aglory of this house will be greater than the ^bformer,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give ^cpeace,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.”
10 On the ^atwenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Haggai the prophet, saying, 11 “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘^aAsk now the priests about the law: 12 If a man carries ^aholy meat in the ¹fold of his garment and touches bread with ²this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” 13 Then Haggai said, “^aIf one who is unclean from a ¹corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.” 14 Then Haggai answered and said, “‘^aSo is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they bring near to Me there is unclean. 15 But now, ^aoh set your heart to consider from this day ¹onward: from before one ^bstone was set on another in the temple of Yahweh, 16 ¹from when it was that one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, then there would be only ten; and from when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty troughs full, then there would be only twenty. 17 I struck you and every work of your hands with ^ascorching wind, mildew, and hail; ¹yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares Yahweh. 18 ‘^aOh set your heart to consider from this day ¹onward, from the ^btwenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was ^cfounded, set your heart to consider: 19 Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will ^abless you.’”

Yahweh Chooses Zerubbabel

20 Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the ^atwenty-fourth day of the month, saying, 21 “Speak to ^aZerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to ^bshake the heavens and the earth. 22 I will ^aoverthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the ^bstrength of the kingdoms of the ¹nations; and I will ^coverthrow the chariots and their riders, and the ^dhorses and their riders will go down, ^eeveryone by the sword of another.’ 23 ‘On that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will make you like a ¹^asignet ring, for ^bI have chosen you,’” declares Yahweh of hosts.

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