1 On|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" 21st day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" seventh|strong="H7637" month|strong="H2320", this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0559" Haggai|strong="H2292":
2 “Speak|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shealtiel|strong="H7597", the|strong="H0559" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" Joshua|strong="H3091" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehozadak|strong="H3087", the|strong="H0559" high|strong="H1419" priest|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" to|strong="H0413" all|strong="H1419" the|strong="H0559" people|strong="H5971". Say|strong="H0559" this|strong="H4994":
3 ‘How|strong="H4100" many|strong="H4100" of|strong="H1004" you|strong="H0859" people|strong="H0834" look|strong="H7200" at|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" try to|strong="H0369" compare|strong="H3644" it|strong="H7200" to|strong="H0369" the|strong="H0853" beautiful Temple|strong="H1004" that|strong="H0834" was|strong="H0369" destroyed|strong="H0369"? What|strong="H4100" do|strong="H4100" you|strong="H0859" think|strong="H5869"? Does|strong="H4100" this|strong="H2088" Temple|strong="H1004" seem|strong="H5869" like|strong="H3644" nothing|strong="H3808" when|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" compare|strong="H3644" it|strong="H7200" with|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" first|strong="H7223" Temple|strong="H1004"?
4 But|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", don’t be|strong="H1121" discouraged!” And|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H5002", “Joshua|strong="H3091" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehozadak|strong="H3087", you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" high|strong="H1419" priest|strong="H3548". Don’t be|strong="H1121" discouraged! And|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" live in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776", don’t be|strong="H1121" discouraged! Continue this|strong="H6258" work, because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0589" am|strong="H0589" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H3588".” This|strong="H6258" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said.
5 “‘I|strong="H0834" made|strong="H3772" an|strong="H3772" agreement|strong="H1697" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834" when|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0834" left|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714", and|strong="H4714" I|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" kept|strong="H5975" my|strong="H0834" promise|strong="H1697". My|strong="H0834" Spirit|strong="H7307" is|strong="H0834" with|strong="H0854" you|strong="H0834", so|strong="H3318" don’t|strong="H0408" be|strong="H0408" afraid|strong="H3372"!’
6 This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said|strong="H0559", ‘In|strong="H3068" just a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" while|strong="H5750", I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" once|strong="H0259" again|strong="H5750" shake|strong="H7493" things|strong="H0259" up|strong="H0853". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H7493" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H7493" the|strong="H0853" sea|strong="H3220" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" dry|strong="H2724" land|strong="H0776".
7 I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" shake|strong="H7493" up|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H1471", and|strong="H0935" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H3605" with|strong="H4390" wealth|strong="H2532" from|strong="H0935" every|strong="H3605" nation|strong="H1471". And|strong="H0935" then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H2088" will|strong="H3068" fill|strong="H4390" this|strong="H2088" Temple|strong="H1004" with|strong="H4390" glory|strong="H3519".’ That|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said|strong="H0559"!
8 ‘All their|strong="H3068" silver|strong="H3701" really belongs to|strong="H3068" me! And|strong="H3068" all the|strong="H5002" gold|strong="H2091" is|strong="H3068" mine!’ This|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" what the|strong="H5002" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said.
9 And|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said|strong="H0559" ‘This|strong="H2088" last|strong="H0314" Temple|strong="H1004" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" more|strong="H4480" beautiful than|strong="H4480" the|strong="H0559" first|strong="H7223" one|strong="H2088", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5414" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H5414" peace|strong="H7965" to|strong="H0559" this|strong="H2088" place|strong="H4725".’ Remember, this|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H2088" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful said|strong="H0559".”
10 On|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" 24th day of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" ninth|strong="H8671" month in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H0559" second|strong="H8147" year|strong="H8141" Darius|strong="H1867" was|strong="H1961" king of|strong="H3068" Persia, this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Haggai|strong="H2292" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030":
11 “The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful commands|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0559" ask|strong="H7592" the|strong="H0853" priests|strong="H3548" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0853" law|strong="H8451" says|strong="H0559" about|strong="H3541" these things|strong="H7592":
12 ‘Suppose|strong="H0559" a|strong="H5375" man|strong="H0376" carries|strong="H5375" some|strong="H0376" meat|strong="H1320" in|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" fold|strong="H3671" of|strong="H0376" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899". This|strong="H3605" meat|strong="H1320" is|strong="H0376" part of|strong="H0376" a|strong="H5375" sacrifice, so|strong="H3808" it|strong="H6942" is|strong="H0376" holy|strong="H6944". If|strong="H2005" his|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" touch|strong="H5060" some|strong="H0376" bread|strong="H3899", cooked|strong="H5138" food|strong="H3899", wine|strong="H3196", oil|strong="H8081", or|strong="H3808" some|strong="H0376" other|strong="H3605" food|strong="H3899", will|strong="H0376" the|strong="H3605" thing|strong="H6944" the|strong="H3605" clothes|strong="H0899" touch|strong="H5060" become|strong="H6942" holy|strong="H6944"?’”
13 Then|strong="H6030" Haggai|strong="H2292" said|strong="H0559", “Whoever|strong="H3605" touches|strong="H5060" a|strong="H0518" dead|strong="H5315" body|strong="H5315" will|strong="H5315" become|strong="H2930" unclean|strong="H2931". Now if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H0518" touch|strong="H5060" anything|strong="H3605" else|strong="H3605", will|strong="H5315" it|strong="H0518" also|strong="H0518" become|strong="H2930" unclean|strong="H2931"?”
14 Then|strong="H6030" Haggai|strong="H2292" said|strong="H0559", “This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559": ‘This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H0834" also|strong="H3068" true|strong="H3068" for|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" this|strong="H2088" nation|strong="H1471". They|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" not|strong="H2088" pure and|strong="H3068" holy before|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". So|strong="H3651" anything|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" with|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3605" hands|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3068" anything|strong="H3605" they|strong="H0834" offered|strong="H7126" at|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" altar became unclean|strong="H2931".
15 “‘Think|strong="H3824" about|strong="H0413" what|strong="H2088" has|strong="H3068" happened to|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3117". Think|strong="H3824" about|strong="H0413" how|strong="H4994" things were|strong="H3117" before|strong="H2962" you|strong="H3117" began working on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H0413" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1964".
16 People wanted 20 measures of|strong="H0935" grain|strong="H6194", but|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" only 10 measures in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" pile. People wanted to|strong="H0413" get|strong="H0935" 50 jars of|strong="H0935" wine|strong="H3342" from|strong="H0935" the|strong="H0413" wine|strong="H3342" vat|strong="H3342", but|strong="H1961" there|strong="H1961" were|strong="H1961" only 20.
17 That|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0369" because|strong="H0413" I|strong="H3068" punished you|strong="H3605". I|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3605" diseases that|strong="H3605" killed|strong="H5221" your|strong="H3068" plants and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" hail|strong="H1259" that|strong="H3605" destroyed|strong="H5221" the|strong="H3605" things|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" made|strong="H4639" with|strong="H0413" your|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027". I|strong="H3068" did|strong="H4639" this|strong="H3068", but|strong="H0369" still you|strong="H3605" did|strong="H4639" not|strong="H0369" come to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413".’ This|strong="H3068" is|strong="H0369" what|strong="H4639" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0413".
18 “The|strong="H0834" Lord|strong="H3068" said, ‘Today|strong="H3117" is|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" 24th day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" ninth|strong="H8671" month. You|strong="H0834" have|strong="H0834" finished laying|strong="H3245" the|strong="H0834" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1964". So|strong="H4480" notice what|strong="H0834" happens|strong="H3117" from|strong="H4480" this|strong="H2088" day|strong="H3117" forward|strong="H4605":
19 Your|strong="H5375" seed|strong="H2233" for|strong="H3117" planting|strong="H2233" is|strong="H2088" still|strong="H5750" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" barn|strong="H4035". And|strong="H3117" look|strong="H5375" at|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" vines|strong="H1612", the|strong="H4480" fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H6086", and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H4480" pomegranate|strong="H7416" and|strong="H3117" olive|strong="H2132" trees|strong="H6086". They|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H5750" produced any|strong="H4480" fruit|strong="H4480". But|strong="H3808" beginning|strong="H5704" today|strong="H3117", I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="H3117".’”
20 Another|strong="H8145" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Haggai|strong="H2292" on|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" 24th day|strong="H2320" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" month|strong="H2320". This|strong="H1697" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0559" message|strong="H1697":
21 “Go to|strong="H0413" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", the|strong="H0853" governor|strong="H6346" of|strong="H0776" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" tell|strong="H0559" him|strong="H0413" that|strong="H0559" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H0776" shake|strong="H7493" heaven|strong="H8064" and|strong="H3063" earth|strong="H0776".
22 And|strong="H0376" I will|strong="H1471" overthrow|strong="H2015" many kings and|strong="H0376" kingdoms|strong="H4467" and|strong="H0376" destroy|strong="H8045" the|strong="H0251" power|strong="H2392" of|strong="H0376" the|strong="H0251" kingdoms|strong="H4467" of|strong="H0376" those|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0251" people|strong="H0376". I will|strong="H1471" destroy|strong="H8045" their|strong="H2015" chariots|strong="H4818" and|strong="H0376" their|strong="H2015" riders|strong="H7392". I will|strong="H1471" defeat their|strong="H2015" war|strong="H2719" horses|strong="H5483" and|strong="H0376" riders|strong="H7392". These armies are|strong="H0376" friends now, but|strong="H0376" they|strong="H0376" will|strong="H1471" turn|strong="H2015" against|strong="H0376" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0251" and|strong="H0376" kill|strong="H2719" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0251" with|strong="H0376" swords|strong="H2719".”
23 This|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5002" LORD|strong="H3068" All-Powerful says|strong="H5002": “Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shealtiel|strong="H7597", my|strong="H7760" servant|strong="H5650", I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1121" chosen|strong="H0977" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588", the|strong="H5002" LORD|strong="H3068", tell you|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" at|strong="H3068" that|strong="H3588" time|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" use|strong="H1931" you|strong="H3588" like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3947" signet|strong="H2368" ring to|strong="H3068" represent my|strong="H7760" authority!”