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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}In
the
second
year
of
Darius
the
king,
in
the
sixth
month,
in
the
first
day
of
the
month,
the
LORD’s\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.}
word
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
to
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
governor
of
Judah,
and
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
saying,
\VS{2}“This
is
what
the
LORD
of
Hosts
says:
These
people
say, ‘The
time
hasn’t
yet
come,
the
time
for
the
LORD’s
house
to
be
built.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Then
the
LORD’s
word
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
\VS{4}“Is
it
a
time
for
you
yourselves
to
dwell
in
your panelled
houses,
while
this
house lies waste?
\VS{5}Now
therefore
this
is
what
the
LORD
of
Hosts
says: ‘Consider
your
ways.
\VS{6}You
have
sown
much,
and
bring
in
little.
You
eat,
but
you
don’t
have
enough.
You
drink,
but
you
aren’t
filled
with
drink.
You
clothe
yourselves,
but
no
one
is
warm;
and
he
who
earns
wages
earns
wages
to
put
them
into
a
bag
with
holes
in
it.’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“This
is
what
the
LORD
of
Hosts
says: ‘Consider
your
ways.
\VS{8}Go
up
to
the
mountain,
bring
wood,
and
build
the
house.
I
will
take
pleasure
in
it,
and
I
will
be
glorified,”
says
the
LORD.
\VS{9}“You
looked
for
much,
and,
behold,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:9 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
it
came
to
little;
and
when
you
brought
it
home,
I blew
it
away.
Why?”
says
the
LORD
of
Hosts, “Because
of
my
house
that
lies waste,
while
each
of
you
is busy
with
his
own
house.
\VS{10}Therefore
for
your
sake
the
heavens
withhold
the
dew,
and
the
earth withholds
its
fruit.
\VS{11}I
called
for
a drought
on
the
land,
on
the
mountains,
on
the
grain,
on
the
new
wine,
on
the
oil,
on
that
which
the
ground
produces,
on
men,
on
livestock,
and
on
all
the labour
of
the
hands.”
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Then
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel
and
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
with
all
the
remnant
of
the
people,
obeyed
the
LORD
their
God’s\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:12 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
voice,
and
the
words
of
Haggai
the
prophet,
as
the
LORD
their
God
had
sent
him;
and
the
people
feared
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
Haggai,
the
LORD’s
messenger,
spoke
the
LORD’s
message
to
the
people,
saying, “I
am
with
you,”
says
the
LORD.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
LORD
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
governor
of
Judah,
and
the
spirit
of
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
and
the
spirit
of
all
the
remnant
of
the
people;
and
they
came
and
worked
on
the
house
of
the
LORD
of
Hosts,
their
God,
\VS{15}in
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,
in
the twenty-first
day
of
the
month,
the
LORD’s
word
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
\VS{2}“Speak
now
to
Zerubbabel
the
son
of
Shealtiel,
governor
of
Judah,
and
to
Joshua
the
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest,
and
to
the
remnant
of
the
people,
saying,
\VS{3}‘Who
is
left amongst
you
who
saw
this
house
in
its
former
glory?
How
do
you
see
it
now?
Isn’t
it
in
your
eyes
as
nothing?
\VS{4}Yet
now
be
strong,
Zerubbabel,’
says
the
LORD. ‘Be
strong,
Joshua
son
of
Jehozadak,
the
high
priest.
Be
strong,
all
you
people
of
the
land,’
says
the
LORD, ‘and work,
for
I
am
with
you,’
says
the
LORD
of
Hosts.
\VS{5}This
is
the
word
that
I
covenanted
with
you
when
you
came
out
of
Egypt,
and
my
Spirit
lived amongst
you. ‘Don’t
be
afraid.’
\VS{6}For
this
is
what
the
LORD
of
Hosts
says: ‘Yet
once
more,
it
is
a
little
while,
and
I
will
shake
the
heavens,
the
earth,
the
sea,
and
the
dry
land;
\VS{7}and
I
will
shake
all
nations.
The treasure
of
all
nations
will
come,
and
I
will
fill
this
house
with
glory,
says
the
LORD
of
Hosts.
\VS{8}The
silver
is mine,
and
the
gold
is mine,’
says
the
LORD
of
Hosts.
\VS{9}‘The
latter
glory
of
this
house
will
be
greater
than
the
former,’
says
the
LORD
of
Hosts; ‘and
in
this
place
I
will
give
peace,’
says
the
LORD
of
Hosts.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}In
the twenty-fourth day
of
the
ninth month,
in
the
second
year
of
Darius,
the
LORD’s
word
came
by
Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
\VS{11}“The
LORD
of
Hosts
says:
Ask
now
the
priests
concerning
the
law,
saying,
\VS{12}‘If
someone
carries
holy
meat
in
the
fold
of
his
garment,
and
with
his
fold
touches
bread,
stew,
wine,
oil,
or
any
food,
will
it
become
holy?’ ”
\par }{\PP The
priests
answered, “No.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Then
Haggai
said, “If
one
who
is
unclean
by reason
of
a
dead
body
touch
any
of
these,
will
it
be
unclean?”
\par }{\PP The
priests
answered, “It
will
be
unclean.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
Haggai
answered, “ ‘So
is
this
people,
and
so
is
this
nation
before
me,’
says
the
LORD; ‘and
so
is
every
work
of
their
hands.
That
which
they
offer
there
is
unclean.
\VS{15}Now,
please
consider
from
this
day
and backward,
before
a
stone
was
laid
on
a
stone
in
the
LORD’s
temple.
\VS{16}Through all
that
time,
when
one
came
to
a
heap
of
twenty measures,
there
were only
ten.
When
one
came
to
the
wine
vat
to
draw
out
fifty,
there
were only
twenty.
\VS{17}I
struck
you
with
blight,
mildew,
and
hail
in
all
the
work
of
your
hands;
yet
you didn’t turn
to
me,’
says
the
LORD.
\VS{18}‘Consider,
please,
from
this
day
and backward,
from
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
ninth month,
since
the
day
that
the
foundation
of
the
LORD’s
temple
was
laid,
consider
it.
\VS{19}Is
the
seed
yet
in
the
barn? Yes,
the
vine,
the
fig
tree,
the
pomegranate,
and
the
olive
tree
haven’t produced.
From
today
I
will
bless
you.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}The
LORD’s
word
came
the
second
time
to
Haggai
in
the twenty-fourth
day
of
the
month,
saying,
\VS{21}“Speak
to
Zerubbabel,
governor
of
Judah,
saying, ‘I
will
shake
the
heavens
and
the
earth.
\VS{22}I
will
overthrow
the
throne
of
kingdoms. I
will
destroy
the
strength
of
the
kingdoms
of
the
nations. I
will
overthrow
the
chariots
and
those
who
ride
in
them.
The
horses
and
their
riders
will
come
down,
everyone
by
the
sword
of
his
brother.
\VS{23}In
that
day,
says
the
LORD
of
Hosts,
I
will
take
you,
Zerubbabel
my
servant,
the
son
of
Shealtiel,’
says
the
LORD, ‘and
will
make
you
like
a
signet ring,
for
I
have
chosen
you,’
says
the
LORD
of
Hosts.”
\par }