KJ3 Literal Translation
Haggai 2
The vision of the horses. Comfortable promises are made to Jerusalem.
1In the seventh month, on the twenty-first of the month, the Word of Jehovah was by Haggai the prophet, saying,
2Now speak 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,
3Who is left among you who saw this house in her former glory? And how do you see it now? Is it not as nothing like it in your eyes?
4And now be strong, O Zerubbabel, a statement of Jehovah. And be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong and work, all people of the land, a statement of Jehovah. For I am with you, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts,
5with the Word which I cut with you when you came out of Egypt, and My Spirit stands in your midst; do not fear.
6For so says Jehovah 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.
7And I will shake all the nations; and the Desire of all nations shall come. And I will fill this house with glory, says Jehovah of Hosts.
8To Me is the silver, and to Me is the gold, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts.
9The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former, says Jehovah of Hosts. And in this place I will give peace, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts.
10In the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Jehovah came to Haggai the prophet, saying,
11So says Jehovah of Hosts: Now ask the priests the Law, saying,
12Behold, if a man lifts up holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touches his skirt to the bread, or boiled food, or wine, or oil, or any food, will it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13And Haggai said, If the unclean of body touches these, is it unclean? And the priests answered and said, It is unclean.
14And Haggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before Me, a statement of Jehovah. And so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15And now set your heart on it. From this day and onward: before the placing of a stone on a stone in the temple of Jehovah;
16from then onward, one came to a heap of twenty measures, and there were but ten. One came to the wine vat to draw out fifty from the wine trough, and there were but twenty.
17I struck you with blight, and with mildew, and with hail, in all the work of your hands; and you did not turn to Me, a statement of Jehovah.
18Now set your heart from this day and forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that Jehovah's temple was founded; set it to your heart:
19Is the seed still in the storehouse? And the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not borne. From this day I will bless them.
20And a second time the Word of Jehovah was to Haggai, in the twenty-fourth of the month, saying,
21Speak to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth.
22And I will overturn the throne of the kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. And I will overturn the chariots and those riding in them, and the horses and those riding will come down, each man by the sword of his brother.
23In that day, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, a statement of Jehovah, and will make you like a signet; for I have chosen you, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts.
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