4. And now, be strong, O Zerubbabel, An affirmation of Jehovah, And be strong, O
5. The thing that I covenanted with you, In your coming forth from Egypt, And My Spirit is remaining in your midst, fear not.
6. For thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Yet once more--it [is] a little, And I am shaking the heavens and the earth, And the sea, and the dry land,
7. And I have shaken all the nations, And they have come [to] the desire of all the nations, And I have filled this house [with] honour, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
8. Mine [is] the silver, and Mine the gold, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.
9. Greater is the honour of this latter house, Than of the former, said Jehovah of Hosts, And in this place do I give peace, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.'
10. On the twenty and fourth of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:
11. Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: `Ask, I pray thee, the priests [of] the law, saying:
12. Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any food--is it holy?' And the priests answer and say, `No.'
13. And Haggai saith, `If the unclean of body doth come against any of these, is it unclean?' And the priests answer and say, `It is unclean.'