17. I sent scorching winds and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, but still you did not repent.
18. Today is the 24th day of the ninth month, the day that the foundation of the Temple has been completed. See what is going to happen from now on.
19. Although there is no corn left, and the grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced, yet from now on I will bless you.”
20. On that same day, the 24th of the month, the Lord gave Haggai a second message
21. for Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah: “I am about to shake heaven and earth
22. and overthrow kingdoms and end their power. I will overturn chariots and their drivers; the horses will die, and their riders will kill one another.
23. On that day I will take you, Zerubbabel my servant, and I will appoint you to rule in my name. You are the one I have chosen.” The Lord Almighty has spoken.