1. In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Lord’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
2. “Speak now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
3. ‘Who is left amongst you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now? Isn’t it in your eyes as nothing?
4. Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the Lord. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the Lord, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says the Lord of Hosts.
5. This is the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived amongst you. ‘Don’t be afraid.’
6. For this is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land;