4 Yet now abe strong, Zerubbabel,’ says the Lord; ‘and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,’ says the Lord, ‘and work; for I am with you,’ says the Lord of hosts.
5 a‘According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so bMy Spirit remains among you; do not fear!’
6 “For thus says the Lord of hosts: a‘Once more (it is a little while) bI will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;
7 and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to athe Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this2 temple with bglory,’ says the Lord of hosts.
8 ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts.
9 a‘The glory of this latter1 temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give bpeace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”
The People Are Defiled
10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
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