14. So the Lord told Haggai to say:That's how it is with this entire nation. Everything you do and every sacrifice you offer is unacceptable to me.
15. But from now on, things will get better. Before you started laying the foundation for the temple,
16. you recalled what life was like in the past. When you wanted two hundred kilogrammes of wheat, there were only a hundred, and when you wanted fifty jars of wine, there were only twenty.
17. I made all your hard work useless by sending mildew, mould, and hail—but you still did not return to me, your Lord.
18. Today you have completed the foundation for my temple, so listen to what your future will be like.
19. Although you have not yet harvested any grain, grapes, figs, pomegranates, or olives, I will richly bless you in the days ahead.
20. That same day the Lord spoke to Haggai again and said:
21. Tell Governor Zerubbabel of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth
22. and wipe out kings and their kingdoms. I will overturn war chariots, and then cavalry troops will start slaughtering each other.