Speak now to Zorobabel son of Salathiel, of the tribe of Judah, and to Iesous son of Iosedek, the great priest, and to all the remnant of the people, saying:
And now be strong, Zorobabel, says the Lord; and be strong, Iesous son of Iosedek, the great priest; and let all the people of the land be strong, says the Lord; and work, for I am with you, says the Lord Almighty.
For the latter glory of this house will be greater than the former, says the Lord Almighty; and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord Almighty, and peace of soul as a possession to everyone who builds, to raise up this temple.
If a person carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and the fold of his garment touches bread or stew or wine or oil or any food, will it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
And Haggai said: If one defiled by a dead body touches any of these, will it become unclean? And the priests answered and said, It will become unclean.
And Haggai answered and said: So is this people and so is this nation before me, says the Lord, and so are all the works of their hands; and whoever draws near there will be defiled. Because of their early-morning gains, they will suffer pain on account of their own toil; and you used to hate those who reprove in the gate.
What were you then? When you put twenty seahs of barley into a bin, there turned out to be only ten seahs of barley; and when you came to the wine vat to draw off fifty measures, there turned out to be only twenty.
Set your hearts, then, from this day and onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, and from the day the temple of the Lord was founded—take it to heart.
Will anything still be recognized on the threshing floor? And are the vine and the fig tree and the pomegranate and the olive trees still bearing no fruit? From this day I will bless.
And I will overturn the thrones of kings and destroy the power of the kings of the nations; and I will overturn chariots and riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, each one by the sword against his brother.
On that day, says the Lord Almighty, I will take you, Zorobabel son of Salathiel, my servant, says the Lord, and I will make you like a signet ring, because I have chosen you, says the Lord Almighty.