1. On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai:
2. “Ask the following questions to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the remnant of the people:
3. ‘Who among you survivors saw the former splendor of this temple? How does it look to you now? Isn’t it nothing by comparison?