12 ^tThen ^uZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and ^uJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all ^vthe 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 feared the Lord. 13 Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke to the people with the Lord’s message, ^w“I am with you, declares the Lord.” 14 And ^xthe Lord stirred up the spirit of ^uZerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of ^yJoshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all ^zthe remnant of the people. And they came and ^aworked on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, 15 ^bon the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

15 Now then, ^bconsider from this day onward.¹ Before stone was placed upon stone in the temple of the Lord, 16 how did you fare? ^cWhen² one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty. 17 ^dI struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, ^eyet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord. 18 ^bConsider from this day onward, ^ffrom the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month. Since ^gthe day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, ^bconsider: