Haggai 2:20-23

Common English Bible

Royal expectations

²⁰And the Lord’s word came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth of the month, saying:

²¹Speak to Judah’s governor Zerubbabel:
I am about to make the heavens and the earth quake.
²²        I will overthrow the thrones of the kingdoms;
            I will destroy the strength of the nations.^[a]
        I will overthrow chariot and rider;
            horses and riders will fall.
        Each one will fall by the sword of his companion.
²³On that day, says the Lord of heavenly forces:
I will take you, Zerubbabel, Shealtiel’s son, my servant, says the Lord;
        I will make you like a signet ring
            because I have chosen you, says the Lord of heavenly forces.

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Footnotes

Haggai 2:22 Or of the kingdoms of the nations

Zechariah 3:8

Common English Bible

⁸Now listen, High Priest Joshua,
    you and your companions sitting before you—
            for these men are a sign—
        look, I am about to bring my servant, Branch.

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Zechariah 3:8 in all English translations

Zechariah 4:6-10

Common English Bible

⁶He answered me:
    “This is the Lord’s word to Zerubbabel:
        Neither by power, nor by strength,
        but by my spirit, says the Lord of heavenly forces.”
⁷        Who are you, great mountain?
            Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain.
        He will present the capstone to shouts of great gratitude.

⁸The Lord’s word came to me:
⁹    The hands of Zerubbabel laid the foundation of this house,
        and his hands will finish it
            so that you will know that the Lord of heavenly forces has sent me to you.
¹⁰        Those who despise a time of little things will rejoice when they see the plumb line^[a] in Zerubbabel’s hand.
        These are the seven eyes of the Lord, surveying the entire earth.

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Zechariah 4:10 Or stone, tin

Zechariah 6:9-15

Common English Bible

⁹The Lord’s word came to me:
¹⁰    Take silver and gold^[a] from the exiles who came from Babylon,
        from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah.
        As for you, go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
¹¹    Take silver and gold and make a crown.^[b]
        Place it on the head of the high priest Joshua, Jehozadak’s son.
¹²Say to him,
    “The Lord of heavenly forces proclaims:
        Here is a man.
        His name is Branch, and he will branch out from his place;
            he will build the Lord’s temple.
¹³        He will build the Lord’s temple.
        He will be majestic;
            he will sit and rule on his throne.
        There will be a priest on his throne,
            and the two of them will share a peaceable plan.
¹⁴        The crown will be a memorial in the Lord’s temple
            for Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and for Hen, Zephaniah’s son.
¹⁵                People from far away will come and build the Lord’s temple
                so you might know that the Lord of heavenly forces has sent me to you.
        It will happen if you truly obey the voice of the Lord your God.”