1. Then on October 17 of that same year, the lord sent another message through the prophet Haggai.
2. “Say this to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of God’s people there in the land:
3. ‘Does anyone remember this house—this Temple—in its former splendor? How, in comparison, does it look to you now? It must seem like nothing at all!
4. But now the lord says: Be strong, Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the lord of Heaven’s Armies.
5. My Spirit remains among you, just as I promised when you came out of Egypt. So do not be afraid.’
6. “For this is what the lord of Heaven’s Armies says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth, the oceans and the dry land.