5. “This is the promise I made to you when you came out of Egypt. My Spirit remains with you. Don’t be afraid.
6. “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Once again, in a little while, I am going to shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
7. I will shake all the nations, and the one whom all the nations desire will come. Then I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of Armies.
8. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of Armies.
9. This new house will be more glorious than the former, declares the Lord of Armies. And in this place I will give ⌊them⌋ peace, declares the Lord of Armies.”
10. On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in Darius’ second year as king, the Lord spoke his word to the prophet Haggai. He said,
11. “This is what the Lord of Armies says: Ask the priests for a decision.
12. Suppose a person carries meat set aside for a holy purpose and he folds it up in his clothes. If his clothes touch bread, boiled food, wine, oil, or any kind of food, does that make the food holy?”The priests answered, “No.”
13. Haggai asked, “Suppose a person becomes unclean by touching a corpse. If he touches any of these things, does that make them unclean?”The priests answered, “That makes them unclean.”
14. Then Haggai answered, “In the same way, I have decided that these people are unclean, and so is this nation, declares the Lord. So is everything they do. Whatever offering they bring is unclean.