^9 (A)“The hands of ^(B)Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also ^(C)complete it. ^(D)Then you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

¹² And say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, the man whose name is ^(A)the Branch: for he shall branch out from his place, and ^(B)he shall build the temple of the Lord. ^13 (C)It is he who shall build the temple of the Lord ^(D)and shall bear royal honor, and shall sit and rule on his throne. And there^[a] shall be a ^(E)priest on his throne, ^(F)and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.”’

^14 (A)And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by decree of the God of Israel and ^(B)by decree of Cyrus and ^(C)Darius and ^(D)Artaxerxes king of Persia; ¹⁵ and this house was finished on the third day of the ^(E)month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

¹⁶ Then this ^(A)Sheshbazzar came and ^(B)laid the foundations of the house of God that is in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been in building, and it is ^(C)not yet finished.’

² looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^(A)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^(B)the shame, and ^(C)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.