Haggai 1:15-2:5

English Standard Version

^15 (A)on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

The Coming Glory of the Temple

2 ^(B)In 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 now to ^(C)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to ^(D)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, and say, ^3 (E)‘Who is left among you who saw this house ^(F)in its former glory? How do you see it now? ^(G)Is it not as nothing in your eyes? ⁴ Yet now ^(H)be strong, O ^(I)Zerubbabel, declares the Lord. ^(J)Be strong, O ^(K)Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ^(L)Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. ^(M)Work, for ^(N)I am with you, declares the Lord of hosts, ^5 (O)according to the covenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. ^(P)My Spirit remains in your midst. ^(Q)Fear not.