The People’s Response

12 Then Zerubbabel(A) son of Shealtiel, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the entire remnant of the people(B) obeyed the Lord their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their God had sent him. So the people feared the Lord.(C)

13 Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, delivered the Lord’s message to the people: “I am with you(D)—this is the Lord’s declaration.”

14 The Lord roused the spirit(E) of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the spirit of the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. They began work on the house of the Lord of Armies, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month, in the second year of King Darius.

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12 Zerubbabel, Shealtiel’s son, and the high priest Joshua, Jehozadak’s son, along with all who remained among the people, listened to the voice of the Lord God and to the words of Haggai the prophet because the Lord their God sent him. Then the people feared the Lord.

13 Then Haggai, the Lord’s messenger, gave the Lord’s message to the people:

I am with you, says the Lord.

14 The Lord moved the spirit of Judah’s governor Zerubbabel, Shealtiel’s son, and the spirit of the high priest Joshua, Jehozadak’s son, and the spirit of all the rest of the people. Then they came and did work on the house of the Lord of heavenly forces, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king.

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