Haggai 2

The Coming Glory of the Temple

1 c In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, 2 "Speak now to d Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to d Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, 3 e 'Who is left among you who saw this house f in its former glory? How do you see it now? g Is it not as nothing in your eyes? 4 Yet now h be strong, O d Zerubbabel, declares the Lord. h Be strong, O d Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. h Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. i Work, for j I am with you, declares the Lord of hosts, 5 k according to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. l My Spirit remains in your midst. m Fear not. 6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: n Yet once more, in a little while, o I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. 7 And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and p I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. 8 q The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. 9 r The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And s in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.'"

Blessings for a Defiled People

10 t On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, u in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, 11 "Thus says the Lord of hosts: v Ask the priests about the law: 12 'If someone carries w holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?'" The priests answered and said, x "No." 13 Then Haggai said, y "If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body z touches any of these, does it become unclean?" The priests answered and said, "It does become unclean." 14 Then Haggai answered and said, a "So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the Lord, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean. 15 Now then, b consider from this day onward. 1 Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord, 16 how did you fare? c When 2 one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 d I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, e yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. 18 b Consider from this day onward, f from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since g the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, b consider: 19 h Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on i I will bless you."

Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet

20 The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai f on the twenty-fourth day of the month, 21 "Speak to j Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, k I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, 22 and l to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and m overthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go down, n every one by the sword of his brother. 23 On that day, declares the Lord of hosts, I will take you, O j Zerubbabel o my servant, the son of p Shealtiel, declares the Lord, and make you q like a 3 signet ring, o for I have chosen you, declares the Lord of hosts."

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 23:34
    Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the Lord.
    Leviticus 23:36
    For seven days you shall present food offerings to the Lord. On the eighth day you shall hold a holy convocation and present a food offering to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall not do any ordinary work.
  2. Cross References
    Haggai 1:1
    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
  3. Cross References
    Haggai 1:1
    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
  4. Cross References
    Ezra 3:12
    But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, old men who had seen the first house, wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, though many shouted aloud for joy.
  5. Cross References
    Haggai 2:9
    The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.'
  6. Cross References
    Zechariah 4:10
    For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. "These seven are the eyes of the Lord, which range through the whole earth.
  7. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:9
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
    Zechariah 4:6 - 7
    Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
  8. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:9
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
    Zechariah 4:6 - 7
    Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
  9. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:9
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
    Zechariah 4:6 - 7
    Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
  10. Cross References
    Haggai 2:2
    Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say.
  11. Cross References
    Haggai 2:2
    Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say.
  12. Cross References
    Haggai 1:14
    And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God.
  13. Cross References
    Haggai 1:13
    Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord 's message, "I am with you, declares the Lord.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 29:45
    I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.
  15. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:20
    You gave your good Spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouth and gave them water for their thirst.
  16. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:13
    And as you have been a byword of cursing among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.
    Zechariah 8:15
    So again have I purposed in these days to bring good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah; fear not.
  17. Cross References
    Hebrews 12:26
    At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.
  18. Cross References
    Haggai 2:21
    Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth.
  19. Cross References
    Isaiah 60:1
    Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
  20. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 29:14
    But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
    1 Chronicles 29:16
    O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own.
  21. Cross References
    Haggai 1:8
    Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord.
  22. Cross References
    Zechariah 6:13
    It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there shall be a priest on his throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."
    Ephesians 2:14
    For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
  23. Cross References
    Haggai 2:18
    Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord 's temple was laid, consider:
    Haggai 2:20
    The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month.
  24. Cross References
    Haggai 1:1
    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
  25. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:10 - 11
    You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 11:15
    What right has my beloved in my house, when she has done many vile deeds? Can even sacrificial flesh avert your doom? Can you then exult?
  27. Cross References
    Haggai 2:14
    Then Haggai answered and said, "So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the Lord, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean.
  28. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:4
    None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a discharge may eat of the holy things until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or a man who has had an emission of semen.
    Leviticus 22:6
    The person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed his body in water.
  29. Cross References
    Numbers 19:22
    And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.
  30. Cross References
    Isaiah 64:6
    We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
  31. Cross References
    Haggai 1:5
    Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
  32. Cross References
    Haggai 1:6
    You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
  33. Cross References
    Amos 4:9
    I struck you with blight and mildew; your many gardens and your vineyards, your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured; yet you did not return to me," declares the Lord.
    Haggai 1:9
    You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.
    Deuteronomy 28:22
    The Lord will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought and with blight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish.
  34. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:3
    O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
    Amos 4:6
    I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me," declares the Lord.
  35. Cross References
    Haggai 2:15
    Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord.
  36. Cross References
    Haggai 2:15
    Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord.
  37. Cross References
    Haggai 2:10
    On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet.
  38. Cross References
    Ezra 3:10
    And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments came forward with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord, according to the directions of David king of Israel.
    Zechariah 8:9
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Let your hands be strong, you who in these days have been hearing these words from the mouth of the prophets who were present on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
  39. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:12
    For there shall be a sowing of peace. The vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its produce, and the heavens shall give their dew. And I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
  40. Cross References
    Joel 2:14
    Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the Lord your God?
  41. Cross References
    Haggai 2:18
    Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the Lord 's temple was laid, consider:
  42. Cross References
    Haggai 1:1
    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
    Zechariah 4:6
    Then he said to me, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
  43. Cross References
    Haggai 2:6
    For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land.
  44. Cross References
    Daniel 2:44
    And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever.
    Zechariah 12:9
    And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
    Matthew 24:7
    For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
  45. Cross References
    Micah 5:10
    And in that day, declares the Lord, I will cut off your horses from among you and will destroy your chariots.
  46. Cross References
    Zechariah 14:13
    And on that day a great panic from the Lord shall fall on them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other.
  47. Cross References
    Haggai 2:21
    Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth.
  48. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:10
    You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
  49. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:10
    You are my witnesses," declares the Lord, "and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.
  50. Cross References
    Haggai 1:1
    In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest:
  51. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:24
    As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
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