18. ‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider it.
19. Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’”
20. the Lord’s word came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,
21. “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, ‘I will shake the heavens and the earth.
22. I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.