Haggai 2:1-9 ▼

1 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, this message from the LORD came by Haggai the prophet:

2 |Speak to Shealtiel's son Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, to Jehozadak's son Joshua, the high priest, and to the rest of the people, asking,

3 Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? And what does it look like now? From what you can see, it seems like nothing, doesn't it?

4 Now be strong, Zerubbabel,' declares the LORD, 'and be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and be strong, all you people of the land,' declares the LORD. 'Go to work, because I am with you,' declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

5 My Spirit continues to dwell among you, according to the covenant I established when you came out from Egypt. Don't be afraid!'

6 |For this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: 'Once more, in a little while, I will make the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land to shake.

7 I will shake all nations, and the One desired by all nations will come. Then I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

8 |The silver belongs to me, as does the gold,| declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

9 |The glory of this present house will be greater than was the former,| declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. |And in this place I will grant peace,| declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.|