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Haggai 2 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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The Glory of Yahweh Will Fill the Temple

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On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of Yahweh came by the hand of Haggai the prophet saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:2 - “Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:3 - ‘Who among you remains who saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:4 - ‘But now, 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 I am with you,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:5 - ‘As for the [fn]promise which I cut with you when you came out of Egypt, [fn]My Spirit is standing in your midst; do not fear!’
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:6 - “For thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Once more[fn]in a little while—I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:7 - ‘And I will shake all the nations; and [fn]they will come with the desirable things of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,’ says Yahweh of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:8 - ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:9 - ‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says Yahweh of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ declares Yahweh of hosts.”
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On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:11 - “Thus says Yahweh of hosts, ‘Ask now the priests about the law:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - ‘If a man carries holy meat in the [fn]fold of his garment and touches bread with [fn]this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:13 - Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean from a [fn]corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:14 - Then Haggai answered and said, “‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:15 - ‘But now, oh set your heart to consider from this day [fn]onward: from before one stone was set on another in the temple of Yahweh,
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:16 - [fn]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.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:17 - ‘I struck you and every work of your hands with scorching wind, mildew, and hail; [fn]yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:18 - ‘Oh set your heart to consider from this day [fn]onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of Yahweh was founded, set your heart to consider:
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:19 - ‘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 bless you.’”

Yahweh Chooses Zerubbabel

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Then the word of Yahweh came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:21 - “Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - ‘I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the [fn]nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.’
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:23 - ‘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 [fn]signet ring, for I have chosen you,’” declares Yahweh of hosts.
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