This is what the Lord Almighty says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord ’s house.
This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,” says the Lord.
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel,
Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest,
and the whole remnant of the people
obeyed 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 the Lord .
Then Haggai, the Lord ’s messenger, gave this message of the Lord to the people:
“I am with you,” declares the Lord .
So the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of the whole remnant of the people.
They came and began to work on the house of the Lord Almighty, their God,
Haggai 1:2, 7-8, 12-14
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