2 On the 21st of the seventh month (about a month later), Yahweh spoke again through the prophet Hagay: 2 Please ask Shealtiyel’s son Zerubavel, the governor of Yehudah (Judah), and ask Yehotsadak’s son Yehoshua (Joshua), the high priest, and ask the rest of the people, 3 “Are there any of you still alive who saw the splendour of the former temple? How does it look to you now? It must now seem pretty much like nothing in comparison.[ref] 4 Yahweh is telling you now, Zerubavel, to be strong. And be strong, high priest Yehoshua, and be strong all you people of the land. Commander-in-chief Yahweh declares that I’m with you as you work. 5 That’s what I promised your ancestors when they came out of Mitsrayim (Egypt), and my spirit remains among you.[ref] Don’t be afraid, 6 because Commander-in-chief Yahweh says that in a little while, I’ll shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land, once more.[ref] 7 I’ll shake all the nations, and they’ll come here bringing their treasure. Then I’ll fill this temple with my splendour, says Commander-in-chief Yahweh. 8 ⇔Commander-in-chief Yahweh declares that the gold and silver belong to me. 9 I declare that this temple will be greater in the future than it was in the past, and also that I will give peace and prosperity to this place.”