## Haggai Chapter 2

###### Haggai 2:1
[Haggai 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:1)

בַּשְּׁבִיעִ֕י בְּעֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאֶחָ֖ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָה֙ דְּבַר־יְהֹוָ֔ה בְּיַד־חַגַּ֥י הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In the seventh month, on the twenty first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Ḥaggay, saying,


###### Haggai 2:2
[Haggai 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:2)

אֱמׇר־נָ֗א אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֤ל בֶּן־שַׁלְתִּיאֵל֙ פַּחַ֣ת יְהוּדָ֔ה וְאֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ בֶּן־יְהוֹצָדָ֖ק הַכֹּהֵ֣ן הַגָּד֑וֹל וְאֶל־שְׁאֵרִ֥ית הָעָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Speak now to Zerubbavel the son of Shalti᾽el, governor of Yehuda, and to Yehoshua the son of Yehożadaq, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying,


###### Haggai 2:3
[Haggai 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:3)

מִ֤י בָכֶם֙ הַנִּשְׁאָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר רָאָה֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֣יִת הַזֶּ֔ה בִּכְבוֹד֖וֹ הָרִאשׁ֑וֹן וּמָ֨ה אַתֶּ֜ם רֹאִ֤ים אֹתוֹ֙ עַ֔תָּה הֲל֥וֹא כָמֹ֛הוּ כְּאַ֖יִן בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Who is left among you that saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?


###### Haggai 2:4
[Haggai 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:4)

וְעַתָּ֣ה חֲזַ֣ק זְרֻבָּבֶ֣ל׀נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֡ה וַחֲזַ֣ק יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בֶּן־יְהוֹצָדָק֩ הַכֹּהֵ֨ן הַגָּד֜וֹל וַחֲזַ֨ק כׇּל־עַ֥ם הָאָ֛רֶץ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַֽעֲשׂ֑וּ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֣י אִתְּכֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbavel, says the Lord; and be strong, O Yehoshua, son of Yehożadaq, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and work: for I am with you, says the Lord of hosts,


###### Haggai 2:5
[Haggai 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:5)

אֶֽת־הַדָּבָ֞ר אֲשֶׁר־כָּרַ֤תִּי אִתְּכֶם֙ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֣ם מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וְרוּחִ֖י עֹמֶ֣דֶת בְּתוֹכְכֶ֑ם אַל־תִּירָֽאוּ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
according to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Miżrayim, so my spirit remains among you: fear not.


###### Haggai 2:6
[Haggai 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:6)

כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת ע֥וֹד אַחַ֖ת מְעַ֣ט הִ֑יא וַאֲנִ֗י מַרְעִישׁ֙ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֶת־הַיָּ֖ם וְאֶת־הֶחָרָבָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For thus says the Lord of hosts; Yet again, in just a little while, I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;


###### Haggai 2:7
[Haggai 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:7)

וְהִרְעַשְׁתִּי֙ אֶת־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וּבָ֖אוּ חֶמְדַּ֣ת כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּמִלֵּאתִ֞י אֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ כָּב֔וֹד אָמַ֖ר יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will shake all the nations, and the costliest things of all the nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts.


###### Haggai 2:8
[Haggai 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:8)

לִ֥י הַכֶּ֖סֶף וְלִ֣י הַזָּהָ֑ב נְאֻ֖ם יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the Lord of hosts.


###### Haggai 2:9
[Haggai 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:9)

גָּד֣וֹל יִֽהְיֶ֡ה כְּבוֹד֩ הַבַּ֨יִת הַזֶּ֤ה הָאַֽחֲרוֹן֙ מִן־הָ֣רִאשׁ֔וֹן אָמַ֖ר יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וּבַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן שָׁל֔וֹם נְאֻ֖ם יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former, says the Lord of hosts: and in this place I will give peace, says the Lord of hosts.


###### Haggai 2:10
[Haggai 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:10)

בְּעֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְאַרְבָּעָה֙ לַתְּשִׁיעִ֔י בִּשְׁנַ֥ת שְׁתַּ֖יִם לְדָרְיָ֑וֶשׁ הָיָה֙ דְּבַר־יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־חַגַּ֥י הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
On the twenty fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Daryavesh, the word of the Lord came by Ḥaggay the prophet, saying,


###### Haggai 2:11
[Haggai 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:11)

כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת שְׁאַל־נָ֧א אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים תּוֹרָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord of hosts; Ask now a Tora of the priests, saying,


###### Haggai 2:12
[Haggai 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:12)

הֵ֣ן**׀** יִשָּׂא־אִ֨ישׁ בְּשַׂר־קֹ֜דֶשׁ בִּכְנַ֣ף בִּגְד֗וֹ וְנָגַ֣ע בִּ֠כְנָפ֠וֹ אֶל־הַלֶּ֨חֶם וְאֶל־הַנָּזִ֜יד וְאֶל־הַיַּ֧יִן וְאֶל־שֶׁ֛מֶן וְאֶל־כׇּל־מַאֲכָ֖ל הֲיִקְדָּ֑שׁ וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If one carries consecrated meat in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt he touches bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, does it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.


###### Haggai 2:13
[Haggai 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:13)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חַגַּ֔י אִם־יִגַּ֧ע טְמֵא־נֶ֛פֶשׁ בְּכׇל־אֵ֖לֶּה הֲיִטְמָ֑א וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ יִטְמָֽא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then said Ḥaggay, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It becomes unclean.


###### Haggai 2:14
[Haggai 2:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:14)

וַיַּ֨עַן חַגַּ֜י וַיֹּ֗אמֶר כֵּ֣ן הָֽעָם־הַ֠זֶּ֠ה וְכֵן־הַגּ֨וֹי הַזֶּ֤ה לְפָנַי֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְכֵ֖ן כׇּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְדֵיהֶ֑ם וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר יַקְרִ֛יבוּ שָׁ֖ם טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Ḥaggay answered, and said, Such is this people, and such is this nation before me, says the Lord; and such is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.


###### Haggai 2:15
[Haggai 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:15)

וְעַתָּה֙ שִֽׂימוּ־נָ֣א לְבַבְכֶ֔ם מִן־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה מִטֶּ֧רֶם שֽׂוּם־אֶ֛בֶן אֶל־אֶ֖בֶן בְּהֵיכַ֥ל יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now, I pray you, consider from this day onwards. Before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord,


###### Haggai 2:16
[Haggai 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:16)

מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥ם בָּא֙ אֶל־עֲרֵמַ֣ת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְהָיְתָ֖ה עֲשָׂרָ֑ה בָּ֣א אֶל־הַיֶּ֗קֶב לַחְשֹׂף֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים פּוּרָ֔ה וְהָיְתָ֖ה עֶשְׂרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures of the press, there were but twenty.


###### Haggai 2:17
[Haggai 2:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:17)

הִכֵּ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בַּשִּׁדָּפ֤וֹן וּבַיֵּֽרָקוֹן֙ וּבַבָּרָ֔ד אֵ֖ת כׇּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְדֵיכֶ֑ם וְאֵין־אֶתְכֶ֥ם אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet you turned not to me, says the Lord.


###### Haggai 2:18
[Haggai 2:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:18)

שִׂימוּ־נָ֣א לְבַבְכֶ֔ם מִן־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה מִיּוֹם֩ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֜ה לַתְּשִׁיעִ֗י לְמִן־הַיּ֛וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יֻסַּ֥ד הֵֽיכַל־יְהֹוָ֖ה שִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But now consider from this day onwards, from the twenty fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider it.


###### Haggai 2:19
[Haggai 2:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:19)

הַע֤וֹד הַזֶּ֙רַע֙ בַּמְּגוּרָ֔ה וְעַד־הַגֶּ֨פֶן וְהַתְּאֵנָ֧ה וְהָרִמּ֛וֹן וְעֵ֥ץ הַזַּ֖יִת לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֑א מִן־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה אֲבָרֵֽךְ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Is the seed yet in the barn? and do the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, still not bring forth? from this day I will bless you.


###### Haggai 2:20
[Haggai 2:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:20)

וַיְהִ֨י דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֤ה׀שֵׁנִית֙ אֶל־חַגַּ֔י בְּעֶשְׂרִ֧ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֛ה לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And again the word of the Lord came to Ḥaggay on the twenty fourth day of the month, saying,


###### Haggai 2:21
[Haggai 2:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:21)

אֱמֹ֕ר אֶל־זְרֻבָּבֶ֥ל פַּֽחַת־יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲנִ֣י מַרְעִ֔ישׁ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Speak to Zerubbavel, governor of Yehuda, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;


###### Haggai 2:22
[Haggai 2:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:22)

וְהָֽפַכְתִּי֙ כִּסֵּ֣א מַמְלָכ֔וֹת וְהִ֨שְׁמַדְתִּ֔י חֹ֖זֶק מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְהָפַכְתִּ֤י מֶרְכָּבָה֙ וְרֹ֣כְבֶ֔יהָ וְיָרְד֤וּ סוּסִים֙ וְרֹ֣כְבֵיהֶ֔ם אִ֖ישׁ בְּחֶ֥רֶב אָחִֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, everyone by the sword of his brother.


###### Haggai 2:23
[Haggai 2:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Haggai/r/2:23)

בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֣וּא נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֡וֹת אֶ֠קָּחֲךָ֠ זְרֻבָּבֶ֨ל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵ֤ל עַבְדִּי֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְשַׂמְתִּ֖יךָ כַּֽחוֹתָ֑ם כִּֽי־בְךָ֣ בָחַ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם יְהֹוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
On that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will take thee, O Zerubbavel, my servant, the son of She᾽alti᾽el, says the Lord, and will make thee like a signet ring: for I have chosen thee, says the Lord of hosts.