In the seventh month , in the oneand twentieth day of the month, camethe wordof the LORDbythe prophetHaggai, saying, SpeaknowtoZerubbabelthe sonof Shealtiel, governorof Judah, and toJoshuathe sonof Josedech, the highpriest, and tothe residueof the people, saying, Who is leftamong you thatsawthishousein her firstglory? and howdo yeseeit now? is it notin your eyesin comparison of itas nothing? Yet nowbe strong, O Zerubbabel, saiththe LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, sonof Josedech, the highpriest; and be strong, allye peopleof the land, saiththe LORD, and work: forI am withyou, saiththe LORDof hosts: According to the wordthatI covenantedwithyou when ye came outof Egypt, so my spiritremainethamongyou: fearye not. Forthussaiththe LORDof hosts; Yetonce, it is a little while, and Iwill shakethe heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land ; And I will shakeallnations, and the desireof allnationsshall come: and I will fillthishousewith glory, saiththe LORDof hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saiththe LORDof hosts. The gloryof thislatterhouseshall begreaterthanof the former, saiththe LORDof hosts: and in thisplacewill I givepeace, saiththe LORDof hosts. In the fourand twentieth day of the ninth month , in the secondyearof Darius, camethe wordof the LORDbyHaggaithe prophet, saying, Thussaiththe LORDof hosts; Asknowthe priests concerning the law, saying, Ifonebearholyfleshin the skirtof his garment, and with his skirtdo touchbread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or anymeat, shall it be holy? And the priestsansweredand said, No. Then saidHaggai, If one that is uncleanby a dead bodytouchanyof these, shall it be unclean? And the priestsansweredand said, It shall be unclean. Then answeredHaggai, and said, So is thispeople, and so is thisnationbeforeme, saiththe LORD; and so is everyworkof their hands; and that whichthey offerthere is unclean. And now, I pray you, considerfromthisdayand upward, from beforea stonewas laidupona stonein the templeof the LORD: Since those days were, when one cametoa heapof twenty measures , there were but ten: when one cametothe wine vatfor to draw outfifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. I smoteyou with blastingand with mildewand with hailinallthe laborsof your hands; yet ye turned nottome, saiththe LORD. Considernowfromthisdayand upward, from the fourand twentiethdayof the ninth month, even fromthe daythatthe foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it . Is the seedyetin the barn? yea, as yetthe vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olivetree, hath notbrought forth: fromthisdaywill I bless you . And againthe wordof the LORDcameuntoHaggaiin the fourand twentieth day of the month, saying, SpeaktoZerubbabel, governorof Judah, saying, Iwill shakethe heavensand the earth; And I will overthrowthe throneof kingdoms, and I will destroythe strengthof the kingdomsof the heathen; and I will overthrowthe chariots, and those that ridein them; and the horsesand their ridersshall come down, every oneby the swordof his brother. In thatday, saiththe LORDof hosts, will I takethee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the sonof Shealtiel, saiththe LORD, and will makethee as a signet: forI have chosenthee, saiththe LORDof hosts.