1In the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:2Say, please, to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak the great priest and to the remnant of the people, saying:3Who among you remains who saw this house in its former glory? And what are you seeing it as now? Is it not like nothing in your eyes?4And now strengthen Zerubbabel, says the LORD, and strengthen Joshua son of Jehozadak the great priest, and strengthen all the people of the land, says the LORD, and do, for I am with you, says the LORD of hosts.5"the covenant which I made with you when you came out from Egypt, and my Spirit stands in your midst. Do not fear."6For thus says the LORD of hosts: "Yet one little while, and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land."7I will shake all the nations, and the desire of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts.8The silver is mine and the gold is mine, says the LORD of Hosts.9"Great will be the glory of this latter house more than the first," says the LORD of hosts, "and in this place I will give peace," declares the LORD of hosts.