3. Who is left among youwho saw this house in its former glory?And how do you see it now?Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes?
4. Now be strong, Zerubbabel—oracle of the Lord—be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, high priest,Be strong, all you people of the land—oracle of the Lord—and work! For I am with you—oracle of the Lord of hosts.
5. This is the commitment I made to youwhen you came out of Egypt.My spirit remains in your midst;do not fear!
6. For thus says the Lord of hosts:In just a little while,I will shake the heavens and the earth,the sea and the dry land.
7. I will shake all the nations,so that the treasures of all the nations will come in.And I will fill this house with glory—says the Lord of hosts.
8. Mine is the silver and mine the gold—oracle of the Lord of hosts.
9. Greater will be the glory of this housethe latter more than the former—says the Lord of hosts;And in this place I will give you peace—oracle of the Lord of hosts.
10. On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet:
11. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask the priests for a ruling:
12. If someone carries sanctified meat in the fold of a garment and the fold touches bread, soup, wine, oil, or any other food, do they become sanctified? “No,” the priests answered.
13. Then Haggai asked: “If a person defiled from contact with a corpse touches any of these, do they become defiled?” The priests answered, “They become defiled.”
14. Then Haggai replied:So is this people, and so is this nationin my sight—oracle of the Lord—And so is all the work of their hands;what they offer there is defiled.