Haggai 2 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Glory of Yahweh Will Fill the Temple

2On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of ^aHaggai the prophet saying, ²“Speak now to ^aZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^bgovernor of Judah, and to ^cJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the ^dremnant of the people saying, ³‘Who among you ^aremains who saw this house in its ^bformer glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes? ⁴‘But now, ^abe strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares Yahweh, ‘be strong also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land, be strong,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and work; for ^bI am with you,’ declares Yahweh of hosts. ⁵‘As for the ¹^,^apromise which I cut with you when you came out of Egypt, ²My ^bSpirit is standing in your midst; ^cdo not fear!’ ⁶“For thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘^aOnce more—¹in a ^blittle while—I am going to ^cshake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. ⁷‘And I will shake ^aall the nations; and ¹they will come with the ^bdesirable things of all nations, and I will ^cfill this house with glory,’ says Yahweh of hosts. ⁸‘The ^asilver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ declares Yahweh of hosts. ⁹‘The latter ^aglory of this house will be greater than the ^bformer,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give ^cpeace,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.”

¹⁰On the ^atwenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Haggai the prophet, saying, ¹¹“Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘^aAsk now the priests about the law: ¹²‘If a man carries ^aholy meat in the ¹fold of his garment and touches bread with ²this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” ¹³Then Haggai said, “^aIf one who is unclean from a ¹corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.” ¹⁴Then Haggai answered and said, “‘^aSo is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they bring near to Me there is unclean. ¹⁵‘But now, ^aoh set your heart to consider from this day ¹onward: from before one ^bstone was set on another in the temple of Yahweh, ¹⁶¹from when it was that one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, then there would be only ten; and from when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty troughs full, then there would be only twenty. ¹⁷‘I struck you and every work of your hands with ^ascorching wind, mildew, and hail; ¹yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares Yahweh. ¹⁸‘^aOh set your heart to consider from this day ¹onward, from the ^btwenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was ^cfounded, set your heart to consider: ¹⁹‘Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will ^abless you.’”

Yahweh Chooses Zerubbabel

²⁰Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the ^atwenty-fourth day of the month, saying, ²¹“Speak to ^aZerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to ^bshake the heavens and the earth. ²²‘I will ^aoverthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the ^bstrength of the kingdoms of the ¹nations; and I will ^coverthrow the chariots and their riders, and the ^dhorses and their riders will go down, ^eeveryone by the sword of another.’ ²³‘On that day,’ declares Yahweh of hosts, ‘I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,’ declares Yahweh, ‘and I will make you like a ¹^,^asignet ring, for ^bI have chosen you,’” declares Yahweh of hosts.