1 In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of 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 remnant of the people, saying, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see her now? Is she not as nothing before your eyes? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, said the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of this land, said the LORD, and work; for I am with you, said the LORD of the hosts: 5 The word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt and my Spirit is in the midst of you: do not fear. 6 For thus hath the LORD of the hosts said: Yet even once, and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land; 7 and I will shake all the Gentiles; and the desire of all the Gentiles shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, said the LORD of the hosts. 8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, said the LORD of the hosts. 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, said the LORD of the hosts, and in this place I will give peace, said the LORD of the hosts.