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13 Thereupon Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, proclaimed to the people the Lord’s message: “I am with you,” declares the Lord. 14 Then the Lord stirred up the spirit of the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and the spirit of the high priest Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.

Courage, I Am with You[a]

Chapter 2

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Footnotes

  1. Haggai 1:15 The second, and rather modest temple, finished in 515 B.C., will later be replaced by a much more grandiose structure, due to the initiative of King Herod. Christ himself will admire its magnificence (Mk 13:1), but he will also proclaim that he himself is the true temple in which all human beings will be brought together in unity (Jn 4:20-21). Haggai foretells the new order which Jesus will then bring to pass.

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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