2 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the Lord.”

9 ^jYou looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, ^oI blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house ^hthat lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

The People Obey the Lord

12 ^tThen ^uZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and ^uJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all ^vthe remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord.

13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, ^w“I am with you, declares the Lord.”