² They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, ^(A)Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel:

⁴ Yet now ^(A)be strong, O ^(B)Zerubbabel, declares the Lord. ^(C)Be strong, O ^(D)Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. ^(E)Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. ^(F)Work, for ^(G)I am with you, declares the Lord of hosts,

¹⁴ And ^(A)the Lord stirred up the spirit of ^(B)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of ^(C)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all ^(D)the remnant of the people. And they came and ^(E)worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,

The People Obey the Lord

^12 (A)Then ^(B)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and ^(C)Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all ^(D)the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared the Lord.

⁷ They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, ^(A)Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah.

The number of the men of the people of Israel:

¹² And after the deportation to Babylon: ^(A)Jechoniah was the father of ^(B)Shealtiel,^[a] and ^(C)Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, ¹³ and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor,

⁶ Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to ^(A)Zerubbabel: ^(B)Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts. ⁷ Who are you, ^(C)O great mountain? Before ^(D)Zerubbabel ^(E)you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward ^(F)the top stone amid shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”

⁸ Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ^9 (G)“The hands of ^(H)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^(I)complete it. ^(J)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you. ^10 (K)For whoever has despised the day of small things shall rejoice, and shall see ^(L)the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.

^(M)“These seven ^(N)are the eyes of the Lord, ^(O)which range through the whole earth.”

⁸ Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who sit before you, for ^(A)they are men who are a sign: behold, I will bring ^(B)my servant ^(C)the Branch. ⁹ For behold, on ^(D)the stone that I have set before Joshua, on a single stone with ^(E)seven eyes,^[a] I will ^(F)engrave its inscription, declares the Lord of hosts, and ^(G)I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.

³ Now ^(A)Joshua was standing before the angel, ^(B)clothed with filthy garments.