1. In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of the prophet Haggai, saying,
2. Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
3. Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see her now? Is she not as nothing before your eyes?
4. Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, said the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of this land, said the Lord, and work; for I am with you, said the Lord of the hosts:
5. The word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt and my Spirit is in the midst of you: do not fear.
6. For thus hath the Lord of the hosts said: Yet even once, and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land;