Blessings for a Defiled People

^10 (A)On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, ^(B)in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet,

Zerubbabel Chosen as a Signet

²⁰ The word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai ^(A)on the twenty-fourth day of the month,

The Command to Rebuild the Temple

1 ^(A)In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet to ^(B)Zerubbabel the son of ^(C)Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to ^(D)Joshua the son of ^(E)Jehozadak, the high priest:

^15 (A)on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

The Coming Glory of the Temple

2 ^(B)In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the hand of Haggai the prophet: