Haggai

The Lord spoke through Haggai, rebuking the people for prioritizing their own homes over rebuilding the temple, saying they had sown much but reaped little due to their neglect of God's house. The people were called to set their hearts on their ways and ascend to the mountain to gather wood and build the temple, which would be acceptable to the Lord. The Lord had withheld dew and caused a drought as a result of the temple's desolation, but after the people heeded the voice of the Lord and the words of Haggai, the Lord stirred their spirits and they began work on the temple on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month.

The Lord speaks to Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and to the high priest, Jesus, telling them to be strengthened and to act according to His word, for He is with them. The Lord promises to move heaven and earth, and to fill the temple with glory, and that the glory of the latter house will be greater than the former. The Lord also rebukes the people for their polluted state, and tells them that all their works have been contaminated because of their sin. However, from the day the foundations of the temple are laid, the Lord promises to bless them, and He chooses Zerubbabel as His servant, setting him like a seal.