¹³ Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord's message, ^(A)“I am with you, declares the Lord.”

²⁰ teaching them ^(A)to observe all that ^(B)I have commanded you. And behold, ^(C)I am with you always, to ^(D)the end of the age.”

God's Everlasting Love

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? ^(A)If God is for us, who can be^[a] against us?

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul ^(A)one night in ^(B)a vision, ^(C)“Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, ^10 (D)for I am with you, and ^(E)no one will attack you to harm you, for ^(F)I have many in this city who are my people.”

3 ^(A)“Behold, I send ^(B)my messenger, and ^(C)he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord ^(D)whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and ^(E)the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.

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,