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Haggai 2

¹On the twenty-first day of the seventh month of that same year, the LORD spoke again through the prophet Haggai.

²He told Haggai to speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, to Joshua, the High Priest, and to the people, and to say to them,

³"Is there anyone among you who can still remember how splendid the Temple used to be? How does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all.

⁴But now don't be discouraged, any of you. Do the work, for I am with you.

⁵When you came out of Egypt, I promised that I would always be with you. I am still with you, so do not be afraid.

⁶"Before long I will shake heaven and earth, land and sea.

⁷I will overthrow all the nations, and their treasures will be brought here, and the Temple will be filled with wealth.

⁸All the silver and gold of the world is mine.

⁹The new Temple will be more splendid than the old one, and there I will give my people prosperity and peace." The LORD Almighty has spoken.

¹⁰On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of the second year that Darius was emperor, the LORD Almighty spoke again to the prophet Haggai.

¹¹He said, "Ask the priests for a ruling on this question:

¹²Suppose someone takes a piece of consecrated meat from a sacrifice and carries it in a fold of his robe. If he then lets his robe touch any bread, cooked food, wine, olive oil, or any kind of food at all, will it make that food consecrated also?" When the question was asked, the priests answered, "No."

¹³Then Haggai asked, "Suppose someone is defiled because he has touched a dead body. If he then touches any of these foods, will that make them defiled too?" The priests answered, "Yes."

¹⁴Then Haggai said, "The LORD says that the same thing applies to the people of this nation and to everything they produce; and so everything they offer on the altar is defiled."

¹⁵The LORD says, "Can't you see what has happened to you? Before you started to rebuild the Temple,

¹⁶you would go to a pile of grain expecting to find twenty bushels, but there would be only ten. You would go to draw fifty gallons of wine from a vat, but find only twenty.

¹⁷I sent scorching winds and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, but still you did not repent.

¹⁸Today is the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day that the foundation of the Temple has been completed. See what is going to happen from now on.

¹⁹Although there is no grain left, and the grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced, yet from now on I will bless you."

²⁰On that same day, the twenty-fourth of the month, the LORD gave Haggai a second message

²¹for Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah: "I am about to shake heaven and earth

²²and overthrow kingdoms and end their power. I will overturn chariots and their drivers; the horses will die, and their riders will kill one another.

²³On that day I will take you, Zerubbabel my servant, and I will appoint you to rule in my name. You are the one I have chosen." The LORD Almighty has spoken.