37:002:009 The glory of this latter house shall be
greater than of the
former,
saith the lord of hosts: and in this place
will I give
peace,
saith the lord of hosts.
37:002:010 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth
month, in the
second
year of Darius, came the word of the lord by Haggai
the
prophet,
saying,
37:002:011 Thus saith the lord of hosts; Ask
now the priests concerning
the
law, saying,
37:002:012 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of
his garment, and with
his
skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil,
or any
meat,
shall it be holy? And the priests answered and
said, No.
37:002:013 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean
by a dead body touch
any
of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests
answered
and
said, It shall be unclean.
37:002:014 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this
people, and so is
this
nation before me, saith the lord; and so is every
work of
their
hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
37:002:015 And now, I pray you, consider from this
day and upward, from
before
a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the
lord:
37:002:016 Since those days were, when one came to
an heap of twenty
measures,
there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat
for
to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were
but
twenty.
37:002:017 I smote you with blasting and with mildew
and with hail in all
the
labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith
the
lord.
37:002:018 Consider now from this day and upward,
from the four and
twentieth
day of the ninth month, even from the day that the
foundation
of the LORD’s temple was laid, consider it.
37:002:019 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet
the vine, and the fig
tree,
and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not
brought
forth: from this day will I bless you.
37:002:020 And again the word of the lord came
unto Haggai in the four
and
twentieth day of the month, saying,
37:002:021 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah,
saying, I will shake
the
heavens and the earth;
37:002:022 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms,
and I will
destroy
the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I
will
overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them;
and
the
horses and their riders shall come down, every one
by the
sword
of his brother.
37:002:023 In that day, saith the lord of hosts,
will I take thee, O
Zerubbabel,
my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the lord,
and
will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen
thee, saith
the
lord of hosts.


