Haggai
2 from Scroll 4Q77 Minor Prophetsb
2 “Speak now to
Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 3 ‘Who
is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do you see it now?
Isn’t it in your eyes as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’
says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the
high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh,
‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
Haggai
2 from Scroll 4Q80 Minor Prophetse
18 ‘Consider,
please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth
month, since the day that the foundation of
Yahweh’s temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the
pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless
you.’ ”
20 Yahweh’s
word came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth
day of the month, saying, 21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, ‘I will shake the heavens and the
earth.
Haggai 2 from Scroll Wadi Muraba’at Minor Prophets
1 In the
seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, Yahweh’s word
came by to Haggai the prophet, saying, 2 “Speak now
to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor
of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the
high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying, 3 ‘Who
is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How do
you see it now? Isn’t it in your eyes as nothing? 4 Yet now be
strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak,
the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and
work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
5 This is the word that I covenanted with you when
you came out of Egypt, and my Spirit lived among you. ‘Don’t be
afraid.’ 6 For this is what Yahweh of Armies says:
‘Yet once, it is a little while, and I
will shake the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry
land; 7 and I will shake all nations. The
precious things of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with
glory, says Yahweh of Armies. 8 The silver is mine, and the
gold is mine,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
[..]
10 In the
twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of
Darius, Yahweh’s word came by Haggai the
prophet, saying,
[..]
12 ‘If
someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches
bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become
holy?’ ”
The priests answered, “No.”
13 Then
Haggai said, “If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, will it
be unclean?”
The priests answered, “It will be
unclean.”
14 Then Haggai
answered, “ ‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me,’ says
Yahweh; ‘and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is
unclean. 15 Now, please consider from this day and
backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in Yahweh’s temple.
16 Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty
measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out
fifty, there were only twenty. 17 I struck you with
blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn’t
turn to me,’ says Yahweh. 18 ‘Consider, please, from this day
and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that
the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is
the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the
olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’ ”
20 Yahweh’s word
came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth
day of the month, saying, 21 “Speak to Zerubbabel, governor
of Judah, saying, ‘I will shake the heavens and the earth. 22 I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who
ride in them. The horses and their riders will
come down, everyone by the sword of his brother. 23 In that day, says Yahweh
of Armies, I will take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,’ says Yahweh, ‘and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.”