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The Holy
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Haggai
Chapter 1
1 In the second year of
Darius the king, in the sixth
month, in the first day of the
month, came the word of the LORD
by Haggai the prophet unto
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua
the son of Josedech, the high
priest, saying,
2 Thus speaketh the LORD
of hosts, saying, This people
say, The time is not come, the
time that the LORD's house should
be built.
3 Then came the word of
the LORD by Haggai the prophet,
saying,
4 Is it time for you, O
ye, to dwell in your cieled
houses, and this house lie
waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith
the LORD of hosts; Consider your
ways.
6 Ye have sown much, and
bring in little; ye eat, but ye
have not enough; ye drink, but ye
are not filled with drink; ye
clothe you, but there is none
warm; and he that earneth wages
earneth wages to put it into a
bag with holes.
7 Thus saith the LORD of
hosts; Consider your ways.
8 Go up to the mountain,
and bring wood, and build the
house; and I will take pleasure
in it, and I will be glorified,
saith the LORD.
9 Ye looked for much, and,
lo, it came to little; and when
ye brought it home, I did blow
upon it. Why? saith the LORD of
hosts. Because of mine house that
is waste, and ye run every man
unto his own house.
10 Therefore the heaven
over you is stayed from dew, and
the earth is stayed from her
fruit.
11 And I called for a
drought upon the land, and upon
the mountains, and upon the corn,
and upon the new wine, and upon
the oil, and upon that which the
ground bringeth forth, and upon
men, and upon cattle, and upon
all the labour of the hands.
12 Then Zerubbabel the son
of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son
of Josedech, the high priest,
with all the remnant of the
people, obeyed the voice of the
LORD their God, and the words of
Haggai the prophet, as the LORD
their God had sent him, and the
people did fear before the
LORD.
13 Then spake Haggai the
LORD's messenger in the LORD's
message unto the people, saying,
I am with you, saith the
LORD.
14 And the LORD stirred up
the spirit of Zerubbabel the son
of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and the spirit of Joshua the son
of Josedech, the high priest, and
the spirit of all the remnant of
the people; and they came and did
work in the house of the LORD of
hosts, their God,
15 In the four and
twentieth day of the sixth month,
in the second year of Darius the
king.
Chapter 2
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.
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