13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, ⁿ“I am with you, declares the Lord.”

4 Yet now ^qbe strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the Lord. Be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land, declares the Lord. Work, for ^rI am with you, declares the Lord of hosts, 5 according to the ^scovenant that I made with you when you came out of Egypt. ^tMy Spirit remains in your midst. Fear not.