Haggai
American Standard Version, 1901 ed.
Chapter 1
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth
month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah
by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high
priest, saying, 2Thus speaketh Jehovah of hosts, saying,
This people say, It is not the time [for us] to come, the time
for Jehovah's house to be built. 3Then came the word of
Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying, 4Is it a time for
you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house
lieth waste? 5Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts:
Consider your ways. 6Ye 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. 7Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the
house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,
saith Jehovah. 9Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to
little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why?
saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste,
while ye run every man to his own house. 10Therefore for
your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth
withholdeth its fruit. 11And I called for a drought upon
the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, 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
labor of the hands. 12Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the
remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Jehovah their God,
and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had
sent him; and the people did fear before Jehovah. 13Then
spake Haggai Jehovah's messenger in Jehovah's message unto the
people, saying, I am with you, saith Jehovah. 14And Jehovah
stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of
Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of
the people; and they came and did work on the house of Jehovah
of hosts, their God, 15in the four and twentieth day of the
month, in the sixth [month], in the second year of Darius the
king.
Chapter 2
1In the seventh [month], in the one and twentieth [day]
of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet,
saying, 2Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel,
governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high
priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 3Who is
left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how
do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing? 4Yet
now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O
Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye
people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you,
saith Jehovah of hosts, 5[according to] the word that I
covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit
abode among you: fear ye not. 6For thus saith Jehovah 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; 7and
I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations
shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah
of hosts. 8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith
Jehovah of hosts. 9The latter glory of this house shall be
greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this
place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts. 10In the
four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second
year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet,
saying, 11Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests
concerning the law, saying, 12If 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 food, shall it become holy? And
the priests answered and said, No. 13Then said Haggai, If
one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these,
shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall
be unclean. 14Then answered Haggai and said, So is this
people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so
is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is
unclean. 15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and
backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of
Jehovah. 16Through all that time, when one came to a heap
of twenty [measures], there were but ten; when one came to the
winevat to draw out fifty [vessels], there were but twenty.
17I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail
in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith
Jehovah. 18Consider, I pray you, from this day and
backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month],
since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid,
consider it. 19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine,
and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have
not brought forth; from this day will I bless [you]. 20And
the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai in the four
and twentieth [day] of the month, saying, 21Speak to
Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens
and the earth; 22and I will overthrow the throne of
kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the
nations; 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. 23In that day, saith
Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant,
the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a
signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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