Chapter Two In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month,
came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying,
O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord, and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedek,
the high priest, and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord,
and work, for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts.
According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt,
so my spirit remaineth among you.
Fear ye not, for thus saith the Lord 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, and I will shake all nations, and the
desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory,
saith the Lord of hosts.
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord
of hosts.
And in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
In the fourth and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius,
came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of
hosts, Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, 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.
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.
Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation
before me, saith the Lord, and so is every work of their hands, and that which they
offer there is unclean.
And now I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid
upon a stone in the temple of the Lord.
Since those days were, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but
ten.
When one came to the press fat, for to draw out fifty vessels out of the
press, there were but twenty.
I smote you with blasting, and with mildew, and with hail, in all the labors
of your hands.
Yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.
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 the Lord's temple was laid,
consider it.
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.
And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai, in the four and twentieth day of
the month, saying, Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake
the heavens and the earth, 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.
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel,
my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a
signet.
For I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.