The Coming Glory of God’s House 1 ULT in the seventh, on the twenty- first of the month, the word of Yahweh was by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying, BSB BSB: On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying:
2 ULT “Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying, BSB BSB: “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
3 ULT ‘Who is the one left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How are you seeing it now? Compared with that,{ is it} not like nothing in your eyes? BSB BSB: ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
4 ULT But now, be strong, Zerubbabel!’— the declaration of Yahweh—‘and be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, you high priest, and be strong, all people of the land!’— the declaration of Yahweh—‘and work, for I{ am} with you!’— the declaration of Yahweh of Armies. BSB BSB: But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.
5 ULT ‘The word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit remains in your midst. Do not fear!’ BSB BSB: This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.”
6 ULT For thus says Yahweh of Armies:‘Yet once, it{ will be} a little{ while}, and I{ will be} shaking the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land! BSB BSB: For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
8 ULT ‘The silver is mine, and the gold is mine’— the declaration of Yahweh of Armies. BSB BSB: The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
9 ULT ‘The latter glory of this house{ will be} greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of Armies,‘and in this place I will give peace’— the declaration of Yahweh of Armies.” BSB BSB: The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
Blessings for a Defiled People 10 ULT On the twenty- fourth of the ninth, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh was to Haggai the prophet, saying, BSB BSB: On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 ULT “Thus says Yahweh of Armies:‘Now ask the priests{ about} the law, saying, BSB BSB: “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
12 ULT “If a man carries holy flesh in the fold of his garment and he touches with his fold upon bread or upon stew or upon wine or upon oil or upon any food, does it become holy?”’” And the priests answered and said,“No.” BSB BSB: If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
13 ULT Then Haggai said,“If the unclean by a person touches any of these, will it be unclean?” And the priests answered and said,“It will be unclean.” BSB BSB: So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
14 ULT And Haggai answered and said,“‘Thus{ is} this people and thus{ is} this nation to my face!’— the declaration of Yahweh—‘and thus{ is} every work of their hands, and what they offer there, it{ is} unclean! BSB BSB: Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.
15 ULT And now, do set your hearts from before until this day, from before the placing of stone upon stone in the temple of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
16 ULT From their being, one came to a heap of twenty but there were ten; one came to a vat to draw out fifty{ from} the press but there were twenty. BSB BSB: from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
17 ULT I struck you with blight and with mildew and with hail, all of the work of your hands, but it was not you to me’— the declaration of Yahweh. BSB BSB: I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
18 ULT ‘Now set your hearts from before until this day, from the day that the temple of Yahweh was founded until this twenty- fourth day of the ninth. Set your hearts! BSB BSB: Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
19 ULT { Is} the seed yet in the storehouse? And the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate tree and the olive tree have not yet produced! From this day I will bless{ you}!’” BSB BSB: Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
Zerubbabel the LORD’s Signet Ring 20 ULT And the word of Yahweh was to Haggai a second time on the twenty- fourth of the month, saying, BSB BSB: For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying,
21 ULT “Speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, saying,‘I{ am} shaking the heavens and the earth. BSB BSB: “Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
22 ULT And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations! And I will overthrow the chariot and its rider, and the horses and their riders will fall, a man by the sword of his brother. BSB BSB: I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
23 ULT On that day’— the declaration of Yahweh of Armies—‘I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant’— the declaration of Yahweh—‘and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you’— the declaration of Yahweh of Armies!” BSB BSB: On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”