Haggai 2

The house’s coming glory

1On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet:

2“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Say: 3‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?

4But now, be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the LORD. ‘Be strong, Joshua son of Jehozadak, high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the LORD. ‘Get to work, for I am with you,’ declares the LORD of Armies. 5‘This is the word I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my spirit remains among you. Do not be afraid.’

6For the LORD of Armies says, ‘Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will come. I will fill this house with glory,’ says the LORD of Armies. 8‘The silver is mine, and the gold is mine,’ declares the LORD of Armies. 9‘The later glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the LORD of Armies. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ declares the LORD of Armies.”