Haggai 1:13-15

EasyEnglish Bible

¹³ Haggai, the Lord's prophet, then spoke this message from the Lord: ‘The Lord says, “I am with you.” ’

¹⁴ In that way, the Lord gave strength to Zerubbabel, Joshua and all the people who had returned to live in Jerusalem. They decided to work hard to build the temple of their God, the Almighty Lord. ¹⁵ They started to work on the 24th day of that same month, in the second year after Darius had become king.