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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
second
year
of
Darius
the
king,
in
the
sixth
month,
on
the
first
day
of
the
month,
came
the
word
of
the
Lord
by
Haggai
the
prophet
to
Zerubbabel,
the
son
of
Shealtiel, ruler
of
Judah,
and
to
Joshua,
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
saying,
\VS{2}These
are
the words
of
the
Lord
of
armies:
These
people
say,
The
time
has
not
come
for
building
the Lord's
house.
\VS{3}Then
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
\VS{4}Is
it
a
time
for
you
to
be
living
in roofed
houses
while
this
house
is
a waste?
\VS{5}For
this cause
the
Lord
of
armies
has
said,
Give
thought
to
your
ways.
\VS{6}Much
has
been
planted,
but
little got
in;
you
take
food,
but
have
not
enough;
you
take
drink,
but
are
not full;
you
are
clothed,
but
no
one
is
warm;
and
he
who
gets payment
for
his work,
gets
it
to
put
it
into
a
bag full
of
holes.
\VS{7}This
is
what
the
Lord
of
armies
has
said:
Give
thought
to
your
ways.
\VS{8}Go
up
to
the
hills
and
get
wood
and
put
up
the
house;
and
I
will
take
pleasure
in
it
and
be honoured,
says
the
Lord.
\VS{9}You
were looking
for
much,
and
it
came
to
little;
and
when
you got
it
into
your
house,
I
took
it
away
with
a breath.
Why?
says
the
Lord
of
armies.
Because
of
my
house
which
is
a waste,
while
every
man
takes care
of
the
house
which
is
his.
\VS{10}For
this cause
the
heaven
over
you
is
kept
from giving
dew,
and
the
earth
from giving
her
fruit.
\VS{11}And
by
my order
no rain
came
on
the
land
or
on
the
mountains
or
the
grain
or
the
wine
or
the
oil
or
the
produce
of
the
earth
or
on
men
or
cattle
or
on
any work
of man's
hands.
\VS{12}Then
Zerubbabel,
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
and
Joshua,
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
and
all
the
rest
of
the
people,
gave ear
to
the
voice
of
the
Lord
their
God
and
to
the
words
of
Haggai
the
prophet,
because
the
Lord
their
God
had
sent
him,
and
the
people
were
in
fear
before
the
Lord.
\VS{13}Then
Haggai, whom
the
Lord
had
sent
to give
his words
to
the
people,
said,
I
am
with
you,
says
the
Lord.
\VS{14}And
the
spirit
of
Zerubbabel,
the
son
of
Shealtiel, ruler
of
Judah,
was
moved
by
the
Lord,
as
was
the
spirit
of
Joshua,
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
and
the
spirit
of
all
the
rest
of
the
people;
and
they
came
and
did
work
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
of
armies,
their
God.
\VS{15}On
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
month,
in
the
sixth
month,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius
the
king.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
seventh
month,
on
the twenty-first
day
of
the
month,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
\VS{2}Say
now
to
Zerubbabel,
the
son
of
Shealtiel, ruler
of
Judah,
and
to
Joshua,
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
and
to
the
rest
of
the
people,
\VS{3}Who
is
there still
among
you
who
saw
this
house
in
its
first
glory?
and
how
do
you
see
it
now?
is
it
not
in
your
eyes
as
nothing?
\VS{4}But
now
be
strong,
O
Zerubbabel,
says
the
Lord;
and
be
strong,
O
Joshua,
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest;
and
be
strong,
all
you
people
of
the
land,
says
the
Lord,
and get
to work:
for
I
am
with
you,
says
the
Lord
of
armies:
\VS{5}The
agreement
which
I
made
with
you
when
you
came
out
of
Egypt,
and
my
spirit,
are
with
you
still;
have
no
fear.
\VS{6}For
this
is
what
the
Lord
of
armies
has
said:
In
a short
time
I
will
make
a shaking
of
the
heavens
and
the
earth
and
the
sea
and
the
dry
land;
\VS{7}And
I
will make
a shaking
of
all
the
nations,
and
the
desired
things
of
all
nations
will
come:
and
I
will make
this
house
full
of
my
glory,
says
the
Lord
of
armies.
\VS{8}The
silver
is mine
and
the
gold
is mine,
says
the
Lord
of
armies.
\VS{9}The second
glory
of
this
house
will
be
greater
than
the
first,
says
the
Lord
of
armies:
and
in
this
place
I
will
give
peace,
says
the
Lord
of
armies.
\VS{10}On
the twenty-fourth day
of
the
ninth month,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius,
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
\VS{11}These
are
the
words
of
the
Lord
of
armies: Put
now
a point
of
law
to
the
priests,
saying,
\VS{12}If
anyone
has
some
holy
flesh folded
in
the
skirt
of
his robe,
will
bread
or soup
or
wine
or
oil
or
any
other
food
be
made
holy
if
touched
by
his
skirt?
And
the
priests answering
said,
No.
\VS{13}Then
Haggai
said,
Will
any
of
these
be
made
unclean
by
the
touch
of
one
who
is
unclean
through
touching
a
dead
body?
And
the
priests answering
said,
It
will
be
made
unclean.
\VS{14}Then
Haggai
said,
So
is
this
people
and
so
is
this
nation
before
me,
says
the
Lord;
and
so
is
every
work
of
their
hands;
and
the
offering
they
give
there
is
unclean.
\VS{15}And
now,
give
thought, looking
back
from
this
day
to
the
time
before
one
stone
was
put
on
another
in
the
Temple
of
the
Lord:
\VS{16}How,
when anyone
came
to
a store
of
twenty measures,
there
were only
ten:
when anyone
went
to
the wine-store
to
get
fifty vessels full,
there
were only
twenty.
\VS{17}And
I
sent burning
and wasting
and
a rain
of ice-drops
on
all
the
works
of
your
hands;
but still
you
were
not
turned
to
me,
says
the
Lord.
\VS{18}And
now,
give
thought; looking
on
from
this
day,
from
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
ninth month,
from
the
time
when
the base
of
the Lord's house
was
put
in
its
place,
give
thought
to
it.
\VS{19}Is
the
seed
still
in
the store-house?
have
the
vine
and
the fig-tree,
the
pomegranate
and
the olive-tree,
still
not given
their
fruit?
from
this
day
I
will send
my
blessing
on
you.
\VS{20}And
the
word
of
the
Lord
came
a
second
time
to
Haggai,
on
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
month,
saying,
\VS{21}Say
to
Zerubbabel, ruler
of
Judah,
I
will make
a shaking
of
the
heavens
and
the
earth,
\VS{22}Overturning
the
power
of
kingdoms;
and I
will send
destruction
on
the
strength
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
nations;
by
me war-carriages
will
be
overturned
with
those
who
are
in
them;
and
the
horses
and
the
horsemen
will
come
down,
everyone
by
the
sword
of
his
brother.
\VS{23}In
that
day,
says
the
Lord
of
armies,
I
will
take
you,
O
Zerubbabel,
my
servant,
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
says
the
Lord,
and
will
make
you
as
a jewelled ring:
for
I
have
taken
you
to
be mine,
says
the
Lord
of
armies.
\par }