15. Now consider from this day onward: from before stone was laid upon stone in the temple of the Lord,
16. from those days when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.
17. I struck you and all the labor of your hands with blight and mildew and hail; yet you did not turn to Me.
18. Consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day when the foundation of the temple of the Lord was laid, consider:
19. Isthe seed yet in the barn? As of yet, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have yielded nothing.But from this day on I will bless you.
20. The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month:
21. Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth.
22. I will overthrow the throne of the kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots and their riders. The horses and their riders will come down, every one by the sword of his brother.