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Haggai

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1 In the sev­enth month, in the one and twen­ti­eth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Hag­gai, say­ing, 2 Speak now to Zerub­ba­bel the son of Shealtiel, gov­er­nor of Ju­dah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the peo­ple, say­ing, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glo­ry? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in com­par­i­son of it as noth­ing? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerub­ba­bel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, 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: 5 Ac­cord­ing to the word that I covenant­ed with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spir­it re­maineth among you: fear ye not. 6 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; 7 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. 8 The sil­ver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. 9 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. 10 In the four and twen­ti­eth day of the ninth month, in the sec­ond year of Dar­ius, came the word of the LORD by Hag­gai the prophet, say­ing, 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, say­ing, 12 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. 13 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. 14 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. 15 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: 16 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twen­ty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the press­fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twen­ty. 17 I smote you with blast­ing and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. 18 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. 19 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. 20 And again the word of the LORD came unto Hag­gai in the four and twen­ti­eth day of the month, say­ing, 21 Speak to Zerub­ba­bel, gov­er­nor of Ju­dah, say­ing, I will shake the heav­ens and the earth; 22 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. 23 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.