^{2 Ref} Say now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the rest of the people,

^{3 Ref} Who is there still among you who saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?

^{4 Ref} But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and get to work: for I am with you, says the Lord of armies:

^{5 Ref} The agreement which I made with you when you came out of Egypt, and my spirit, are with you still; have no fear.

^{6 Ref} For this is what the Lord of armies has said: In a short time I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;

^{7 Ref} And I will make a shaking of all the nations, and the desired things of all nations will come: and I will make this house full of my glory, says the Lord of armies.

^{8 Ref} The silver is mine and the gold is mine, says the Lord of armies.

^{9 Ref} The second glory of this house will be greater than the first, says the Lord of armies: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of armies.

^{10 Ref} On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

^{11 Ref} These are the words of the Lord of armies: Put now a point of law to the priests, saying,

^{12 Ref} If anyone has some holy flesh folded in the skirt of his robe, will bread or soup or wine or oil or any other food be made holy if touched by his skirt? And the priests answering said, No.

^{13 Ref} Then Haggai said, Will any of these be made unclean by the touch of one who is unclean through touching a dead body? And the priests answering said, It will be made unclean.

^{14 Ref} Then Haggai said, So is this people and so is this nation before me, says the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and the offering they give there is unclean.

^{15 Ref} And now, give thought, looking back from this day to the time before one stone was put on another in the Temple of the Lord: