Haggai 2:20-23

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.