THE BOOK HAGGAI
King James Version
1 ¶ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth
month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the
prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua
the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
2
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is
not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.
3 Then came the
word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it time for
you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5 Now therefore
thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough;
ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none
warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
7 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
8 Go up to the
mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure
in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
9 Ye looked for
much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon
it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye
run every man unto his own house.
10 Therefore the
heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11 And I called
for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and
upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth
forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
12 ¶ Then Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the
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 did fear
before the LORD.
13 Then spake
Haggai the LORD'S messenger in the LORD'S message unto the people,
saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.
14 And the LORD
stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah,
and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit
of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of
the LORD of hosts, their God,
15
In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of
Darius the king.
1 ¶ In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of
the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying,
2
Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to
Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people,
saying,
3 Who is left among
you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not
in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
4 Yet now be
strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of
the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
5 According to
the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit
remaineth among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith
the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
7 And I will
shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill
this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
8 The silver is
mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts.
9 The glory of
this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD
of hosts.
10 ¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in
the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet,
saying,
11 Thus saith the
LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
12 If one bear
holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be
holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13 Then said
Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be
unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14 Then answered
Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and
that which they offer there is unclean.
15 And now, I
pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon
a stone in the temple of the LORD:
16 Since those
days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty
vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17 I smote you
with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands;
yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.
18 Consider now
from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the
LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.
19 Is the seed
yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate,
and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD
came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21 Speak to
Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22 And I will
overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the
chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall
come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
23 In that day,
saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of
Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen
thee, saith the LORD of hosts.