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.” 14 And ^xthe Lord stirred up the spirit of ^uZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of ^yJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all ^zthe remnant of the people. And they came and ^aworked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, 15 ^bon the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

1 ^cIn 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 ^dZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to ^dJoshua 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 ^fin its former glory? How do you see it now? ^gIs it not as nothing in your eyes? 4 Yet now ^hbe strong, O ^dZerubbabel, declares the Lord. ^hBe strong, O ^dJoshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ^hBe strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. ⁱWork, for ^jI am with you, declares the Lord of hosts, 5 ^kaccording to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. ^lMy Spirit remains in your midst. ^mFear not. 6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: ⁿYet once more, in a little while, ^oI 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 ^pI will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. 8 ^qThe silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts. 9 ^rThe latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts. And ^sin this place I will give peace, declares the Lord of hosts.’”