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Zephaniah 3 - Haggai 2
New International Version
Zephaniah 3 - Haggai 2
New International Version
Jerusalem
3 Woe to the city of oppressors,(A)
rebellious(B) and defiled!(C)
2 She obeys(D) no one,
she accepts no correction.(E)
She does not trust(F) in the Lord,
she does not draw near(G) to her God.
3 Her officials within her
are roaring lions;(H)
her rulers are evening wolves,(I)
who leave nothing for the morning.(J)
4 Her prophets are unprincipled;
they are treacherous people.(K)
Her priests profane the sanctuary
and do violence to the law.(L)
5 The Lord within her is righteous;(M)
he does no wrong.(N)
Morning by morning(O) he dispenses his justice,
and every new day he does not fail,(P)
yet the unrighteous know no shame.(Q)
Jerusalem Remains Unrepentant
6 “I have destroyed nations;
their strongholds are demolished.
I have left their streets deserted,
with no one passing through.
Their cities are laid waste;(R)
they are deserted and empty.
7 Of Jerusalem I thought,
‘Surely you will fear me
and accept correction!’(S)
Then her place of refuge[a] would not be destroyed,
nor all my punishments come upon[b] her.
But they were still eager
to act corruptly(T) in all they did.
8 Therefore wait(U) for me,”
declares the Lord,
“for the day I will stand up to testify.[c]
I have decided to assemble(V) the nations,(W)
to gather the kingdoms
and to pour out my wrath(X) on them—
all my fierce anger.(Y)
The whole world will be consumed(Z)
by the fire of my jealous anger.
Restoration of Israel’s Remnant
9 “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples,
that all of them may call(AA) on the name of the Lord(AB)
and serve(AC) him shoulder to shoulder.
10 From beyond the rivers of Cush[d](AD)
my worshipers, my scattered people,
will bring me offerings.(AE)
11 On that day you, Jerusalem, will not be put to shame(AF)
for all the wrongs you have done to me,(AG)
because I will remove from you
your arrogant boasters.(AH)
Never again will you be haughty
on my holy hill.(AI)
12 But I will leave within you
the meek(AJ) and humble.
The remnant of Israel
will trust(AK) in the name of the Lord.
13 They(AL) will do no wrong;(AM)
they will tell no lies.(AN)
A deceitful tongue
will not be found in their mouths.(AO)
They will eat and lie down(AP)
and no one will make them afraid.(AQ)”
14 Sing, Daughter Zion;(AR)
shout aloud,(AS) Israel!
Be glad and rejoice(AT) with all your heart,
Daughter Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away your punishment,
he has turned back your enemy.
The Lord, the King of Israel, is with you;(AU)
never again will you fear(AV) any harm.(AW)
16 On that day
they will say to Jerusalem,
“Do not fear, Zion;
do not let your hands hang limp.(AX)
17 The Lord your God is with you,
the Mighty Warrior who saves.(AY)
He will take great delight(AZ) in you;
in his love he will no longer rebuke you,(BA)
but will rejoice over you with singing.”(BB)
18 “I will remove from you
all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
which is a burden and reproach for you.
19 At that time I will deal
with all who oppressed(BC) you.
I will rescue the lame;
I will gather the exiles.(BD)
I will give them praise(BE) and honor
in every land where they have suffered shame.
20 At that time I will gather you;
at that time I will bring(BF) you home.
I will give you honor(BG) and praise(BH)
among all the peoples of the earth
when I restore your fortunes[e](BI)
before your very eyes,”
says the Lord.
A Call to Build the House of the Lord
1 In the second year of King Darius,(BJ) on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai(BK) to Zerubbabel(BL) son of Shealtiel, governor(BM) of Judah, and to Joshua(BN) son of Jozadak,[f](BO) the high priest:(BP)
2 This is what the Lord Almighty(BQ) says: “These people(BR) say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord’s house.(BS)’”
3 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:(BT) 4 “Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses,(BU) while this house remains a ruin?(BV)”
5 Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(BW) to your ways. 6 You have planted much, but harvested little.(BX) You eat, but never have enough.(BY) You drink, but never have your fill.(BZ) You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages,(CA) only to put them in a purse with holes in it.”
7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought(CB) to your ways. 8 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber(CC) and build my house, so that I may take pleasure(CD) in it and be honored,(CE)” says the Lord. 9 “You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little.(CF) What you brought home, I blew(CG) away. Why?” declares the Lord Almighty. “Because of my house, which remains a ruin,(CH) while each of you is busy with your own house. 10 Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld(CI) their dew(CJ) and the earth its crops.(CK) 11 I called for a drought(CL) on the fields and the mountains,(CM) on the grain, the new wine,(CN) the olive oil(CO) and everything else the ground produces, on people and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.(CP)”
12 Then Zerubbabel(CQ) son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the whole remnant(CR) of the people obeyed(CS) the voice of the Lord their God and the message of the prophet Haggai, because the Lord their God had sent him. And the people feared(CT) the Lord.
13 Then Haggai,(CU) the Lord’s messenger,(CV) gave this message of the Lord to the people: “I am with(CW) you,” declares the Lord. 14 So the Lord stirred up(CX) the spirit of Zerubbabel(CY) son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak,(CZ) the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant(DA) of the people. They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God, 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.(DB)
The Promised Glory of the New House
In the second year of King Darius,(DC) 2 1 on the twenty-first day of the seventh month,(DD) the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai:(DE) 2 “Speak to Zerubbabel(DF) son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jozadak,[g](DG) the high priest, and to the remnant(DH) of the people. Ask them, 3 ‘Who of you is left who saw this house(DI) in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing?(DJ) 4 But now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ declares the Lord. ‘Be strong,(DK) Joshua son of Jozadak,(DL) the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ declares the Lord, ‘and work. For I am with(DM) you,’ declares the Lord Almighty. 5 ‘This is what I covenanted(DN) with you when you came out of Egypt.(DO) And my Spirit(DP) remains among you. Do not fear.’(DQ)
6 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘In a little while(DR) I will once more shake the heavens and the earth,(DS) the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all nations, and what is desired(DT) by all nations will come, and I will fill this house(DU) with glory,(DV)’ says the Lord Almighty. 8 ‘The silver is mine and the gold(DW) is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty. 9 ‘The glory(DX) of this present house(DY) will be greater than the glory of the former house,’ says the Lord Almighty. ‘And in this place I will grant peace,(DZ)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”
Blessings for a Defiled People
10 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month,(EA) in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Haggai: 11 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘Ask the priests(EB) what the law says: 12 If someone carries consecrated meat(EC) in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?(ED)’”
The priests answered, “No.”
13 Then Haggai said, “If a person defiled by contact with a dead body touches one of these things, does it become defiled?”
“Yes,” the priests replied, “it becomes defiled.(EE)”
14 Then Haggai said, “‘So it is with this people(EF) and this nation in my sight,’ declares the Lord. ‘Whatever they do and whatever they offer(EG) there is defiled.
15 “‘Now give careful thought(EH) to this from this day on[h]—consider how things were before one stone was laid(EI) on another in the Lord’s temple.(EJ) 16 When anyone came to a heap(EK) of twenty measures, there were only ten. When anyone went to a wine vat(EL) to draw fifty measures, there were only twenty.(EM) 17 I struck all the work of your hands(EN) with blight,(EO) mildew and hail,(EP) yet you did not return(EQ) to me,’ declares the Lord.(ER) 18 ‘From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought(ES) to the day when the foundation(ET) of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought: 19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(EU) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(EV)
“‘From this day on I will bless(EW) you.’”
Zerubbabel the Lord’s Signet Ring
20 The word of the Lord came to Haggai(EX) a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:(EY) 21 “Tell Zerubbabel(EZ) governor of Judah that I am going to shake(FA) the heavens and the earth. 22 I will overturn(FB) royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms.(FC) I will overthrow chariots(FD) and their drivers; horses and their riders(FE) will fall, each by the sword of his brother.(FF)
23 “‘On that day,(FG)’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will take you, my servant(FH) Zerubbabel(FI) son of Shealtiel,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I will make you like my signet ring,(FJ) for I have chosen you,’ declares the Lord Almighty.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:7 Or her sanctuary
- Zephaniah 3:7 Or all those I appointed over
- Zephaniah 3:8 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew will rise up to plunder
- Zephaniah 3:10 That is, the upper Nile region
- Zephaniah 3:20 Or I bring back your captives
- Haggai 1:1 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak; also in verses 12 and 14
- Haggai 2:2 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak; also in verse 4
- Haggai 2:15 Or to the days past
Zephaniah 3 - Haggai 2
King James Version
Zephaniah 3 - Haggai 2
King James Version
3 Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
2 She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God.
3 Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
5 The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.
10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.
11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
12 I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.
13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
18 I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
19 Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
20 At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.
1 In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,
2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built.
3 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.
13 Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger in the Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.
14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,
15 In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
2 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying,
2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,
3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:
5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not.
6 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
7 And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
8 The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of hosts.
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.
10 In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying,
11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord:
16 Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
17 I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.
18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid, consider it.
19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
20 And again the word of the Lord came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
23 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.
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