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The Glory of Yahweh Will Fill the Temple

¹ On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of ^(C1)Haggai the prophet saying,² "Speak now to ^(C1)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, ^(C1)governor of Judah, and to ^(C1)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the ^(C2)remnant of the people saying,³ 'Who among you ^(C1)remains who saw this house in its ^(C2)former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?⁴ 'But now, ^(C1)be strong, Zerubbabel,' declares Yahweh, 'be strong also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land, be strong,' declares Yahweh, 'and work; for ^(C2)I am with you,' declares Yahweh of hosts.⁵ 'As for the ^(F1)(C1)promise which I cut with you when you came out of Egypt, ^(F2)My ^(C2)Spirit is standing in your midst; ^(C3)do not fear!'⁶ "For thus says Yahweh of hosts, '^(C1)Once more—^(F1)in a ^(C2)little while—I am going to ^(C3)shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.⁷ 'And I will shake ^(C1)all the nations; and ^(F1)they will come with the ^(C2)desirable things of all nations, and I will ^(C3)fill this house with glory,' says Yahweh of hosts.⁸ 'The ^(C1)silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' declares Yahweh of hosts.⁹ 'The latter ^(C1)glory of this house will be greater than the ^(C2)former,' says Yahweh of hosts, 'and in this place I will give ^(C3)peace,' declares Yahweh of hosts."

¹⁰ On the ^(C1)twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Haggai the prophet, saying,¹¹ "Thus says Yahweh of hosts, '^(C1)Ask now the priests about the law:¹² 'If a man carries ^(C1)holy meat in the ^(F1)fold of his garment and touches bread with ^(F2)this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?'" And the priests answered, "No."¹³ Then Haggai said, "^(C1)If one who is unclean from a ^(F1)corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?" And the priests answered, "It will become unclean."¹⁴ Then Haggai answered and said, "'^(C1)So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,' declares Yahweh, 'and so is every work of their hands; and what they bring near to Me there is unclean.¹⁵ 'But now, ^(C1)oh set your heart to consider from this day ^(F1)onward: from before one ^(C2)stone was set on another in the temple of Yahweh,^16 (F1)from when it was that one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, then there would be only ten; and from when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty troughs full, then there would be only twenty.¹⁷ 'I struck you and every work of your hands with ^(C1)scorching wind, mildew, and hail; ^(F1)yet you did not come back to Me,' declares Yahweh.¹⁸ '^(C1)Oh set your heart to consider from this day ^(F1)onward, from the ^(C2)twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was ^(C3)founded, set your heart to consider:¹⁹ 'Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will ^(C1)bless you.'"

Yahweh Chooses Zerubbabel

²⁰ Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the ^(C1)twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,²¹ "Speak to ^(C1)Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, 'I am going to ^(C2)shake the heavens and the earth.²² 'I will ^(C1)overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the ^(C2)strength of the kingdoms of the ^(F1)nations; and I will ^(C3)overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the ^(C4)horses and their riders will go down, ^(C5)everyone by the sword of another.'²³ 'On that day,' declares Yahweh of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,' declares Yahweh, 'and I will make you like a ^(F1)(C1)signet ring, for ^(C2)I have chosen you,'" declares Yahweh of hosts.