Haggai 2:4

Now, be strong, Zerubbabel!—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and be strong, high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak; 1 and be strong, all you people in the land!—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and work, for I am with you!—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1

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In The King James Version

Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:

In Context

3'Who is left among you 1 who saw this house in its former glory? 1 How do you see it now? 1 Is it not like nothing in your eyes? 1

5This is the covenant that I established with you when you came out of Egypt, 1 and my Spirit remains with you. Do not fear! 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:23Yahweh gave Joshua son of Nun a command and said, “Be strong and of good courage; for you will bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

Joshua 1:9Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid. Do not be discouraged. Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

1 Samuel 16:18Then one of the young men answered, and said, “I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a strong, courageous man, a man of war, one prudent in speech, a handsome man; and Yahweh is with him.”

1 Chronicles 22:13Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the statutes and the decrees that Yahweh gave to Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be discouraged.

Haggai 1:13Then Haggai, the messenger of Yahweh, spoke Yahweh's message to the people and said, “I am with you!—this is Yahweh's declaration!”

Mark 16:20The disciples left and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word by the signs that went with them.

Matthew Henry on Haggai 2:2-10

The Glory of the Latter House. ( b. c. 520.) 1 In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the… Read the whole commentary →

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