18 ‘Consider now from this day forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from ^athe day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid—consider it:  ‡

19 ^aIs the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will ^bbless you.’ ”  ‡

21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, ^agovernor of Judah, saying:
^b‘I will shake heaven and earth. ‡

22 ^aI will overthrow the throne of kingdoms;
I will destroy the strength of the Gentile kingdoms.
^bI will overthrow the chariots
And those who ride in them;
The horses and their riders shall come down,
Every one by the sword of his brother.  ‡