18. Carefully consider from now on, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day when the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. Carefully consider:
19. Is there any seed left in the barn? The vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree still haven’t produced. But from now on I will bless you.”
20. The Lord spoke his word to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month. He said,
21. “Say to Zerubbabel (governor of Judah), ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.
22. I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of nations. I will overthrow chariots and their riders, and the horses will fall along with their riders. They will kill one another with swords.