New American Standard Bible 1995

Haggai 2:2-10

2“Speak now to 1Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 2governor of Judah, and to 3Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the 4remnant of the people saying, 3‘Who is 5left among you who saw this 6temple in its 7former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not 8seem to you like nothing 9in comparison? 4But now 10 11take courage, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord, ‘take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work; for 12I am with you,’ declares the Lord of hosts. 5‘As for the 13 14promise which I 15made you when you came out of Egypt, 16My 17Spirit is abiding in your midst; 18do not fear!’ 6For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘19Once more 20in a 21little while, I am going to 22shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. 7I will shake 23all the nations; and 24they will come with the 25wealth of all nations, and I will 26fill this house with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. 8‘The 27silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,’ declares the Lord of hosts. 9‘The latter 28glory of this house will be greater than the 29former,’ says the Lord of hosts, ‘and in this place I will give 30peace,’ declares the Lord of hosts.”

10On the 31twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

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Notes

1. Haggai 2:2 Hag 1:1 ↩
2. Haggai 2:2 Hag 1:1 ↩
3. Haggai 2:2 Hag 1:1 ↩
4. Haggai 2:2 Hag 1:12 ↩
5. Haggai 2:3 Ezra 3:12 ↩
6. Haggai 2:3 Lit house ↩
7. Haggai 2:3 Hag 2:9 ↩
8. Haggai 2:3 Lit in your eyes ↩
9. Haggai 2:3 Lit like it ↩
10. Haggai 2:4 Lit be strong ↩
11. Haggai 2:4 Deut 31:23; 1 Chr 22:13; 28:20; Zech 8:9; Eph 6:10 ↩
12. Haggai 2:4 2 Sam 5:10; Acts 7:9 ↩
13. Haggai 2:5 Lit word ↩
14. Haggai 2:5 Ex 19:4-6; 29:45, 46; 33:12-14; 34:8-10 ↩
15. Haggai 2:5 Lit cut with ↩
16. Haggai 2:5 Or while...was standing ↩
17. Haggai 2:5 Neh 9:20; Is 63:11, 14 ↩
18. Haggai 2:5 Is 41:10, 13; Zech 8:13 ↩
19. Haggai 2:6 Heb 12:26 ↩
20. Haggai 2:6 Lit it is a little ↩
21. Haggai 2:6 Is 10:25; 29:17 ↩
22. Haggai 2:6 Hag 2:21 ↩
23. Haggai 2:7 Dan 2:44; Joel 3:9, 16 ↩
24. Haggai 2:7 Or the desire of all nations will come ↩
25. Haggai 2:7 Is 60:4-9 ↩
26. Haggai 2:7 1 Kin 8:11; Is 60:7 ↩
27. Haggai 2:8 1 Chr 29:14, 16; Is 60:17 ↩
28. Haggai 2:9 Zech 2:5 ↩
29. Haggai 2:9 Hag 2:3 ↩
30. Haggai 2:9 Is 9:6, 7; 66:12 ↩
31. Haggai 2:10 Hag 2:20 ↩

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