| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet, saying: | 1In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: |
| 2“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them, | 2“Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and 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 appear to you like nothing in comparison?’ | 3‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Is it not as nothing in your eyes? |
| 4But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts. | 4Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts, |
| 5This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. And My Spirit remains among you; do not be afraid.” | 5according to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not. |
| 6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. | 6For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. |
| 7I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts. | 7And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. |
| 8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts. | 8The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts. |
| 9The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the LORD of Hosts. And in this place I will provide peace, declares the LORD of Hosts.” | 9The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, says the LORD of hosts. And in this place I will give peace, declares the LORD of hosts.’” |
| 10On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying, | 10On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, |
| 11“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling. | 11“Thus says the LORD of hosts: Ask the priests about the law: |
| 12If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’ ” “No,” replied the priests. | 12‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?’” The priests answered and said, “No.” |
| 13So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered. | 13Then Haggai said, “If someone who is unclean by contact with a dead body touches any of these, does it become unclean?” The priests answered and said, “It does become unclean.” |
| 14Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled. | 14Then Haggai answered and said, “So is it with this people, and with this nation before me, declares the LORD, and so with every work of their hands. And what they offer there is unclean. |
| 15Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, | 15Now then, consider from this day onward. Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the LORD, |
| 16from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty. | 16how did you fare? When one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. |
| 17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD. | 17I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the LORD. |
| 18Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully: | 18Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since the day that the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider: |
| 19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.” | 19Is the seed yet in the barn? Indeed, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing. But from this day on I will bless you.” |
| 20For the second time that day, the twenty-fourth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to Haggai, saying, | 20The word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, |
| 21“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth: | 21“Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I am about to shake the heavens and the earth, |
| 22I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother. | 22and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and overthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go down, every one by the sword of his brother. |
| 23On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.” | 23On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of hosts.” |
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