13 Then Haggai, the (A)messenger of the Lord, spoke [a]by the commission of the Lord to the people saying, “‘(B)I am with you,’ declares the Lord.” 14 So the Lord stirred up the spirit of (C)Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, (D)governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the (E)remnant of the people; and they came and (F)worked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:13 Or the message

13 Then Haggai,(A) the Lord’s messenger,(B) gave this message of the Lord to the people: “I am with(C) you,” declares the Lord. 14 So the Lord stirred up(D) the spirit of Zerubbabel(E) son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak,(F) the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant(G) of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.(H)

The Promised Glory of the New House

In the second year of King Darius,(I)

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