3a‘Who is left among you who saw this1 temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? In comparison with it, bisthis not in your eyes as nothing?
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.
5a‘Accordingto 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.
9a‘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,
11 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Now, aask the priests concerningthe law, saying,
12 “If one carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any food, will it become holy?” ’ ” Then the priests answered and said, “No.”
13 And Haggai said, “If onewhoisaunclean because of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?” So the priests answered and said, “It shall be unclean.”
According to the word that—literally, "(I am with you) the word (or thing) which I covenanted"; that is, I am with you as I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt (Exodus 19:5-6; Exodus 34:10-11). The covenant promise of God to the elect people at Sinai is an additional motive for their persevering. The Hebrew for to "covenant" is literally "to cut," alluding to the sacrificial victims cut in ratification of a covenant.
so—or, "and."
my Spirit remaineth among you—to strengthen you for the work (Haggai 1:14; Zechariah 4:6). The inspiration of Haggai and Zechariah at this time was a specimen of the presence of God's Spirit remaining still with His people, as He had been with Moses and Israel of old (Ezra 5:1; Isaiah 63:11).
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