The priests answered, "No."

[2:13] Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, will it be unclean?"

The priests answered, "It will be unclean."

[2:14] Then Haggai answered, "'So is this people, and so is this nation before me,' says Yahweh; 'and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean. [2:15] Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh. [2:16] Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty. [2:17] I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn't turn to me,' says Yahweh. [2:18] 'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it. [2:19] Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven't brought forth. From this day will I bless you.'"

[2:20] The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying, [2:21] "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, 'I will shake the heavens and the earth. [2:22] I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overthrow the chariots, and those who ride in them. The horses and their riders will come down, everyone by the sword of his brother. [2:23] In that day, says Yahweh of Armies, will I take you, Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says Yahweh, 'and will make you as a signet, for I have chosen you,' says Yahweh of Armies."


Zechariah

[1:1] In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of Yahweh came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, [1:2] "Yahweh was very displeased with your fathers. [1:3] Therefore tell them: Thus says Yahweh of Armies: 'Return to me,' says Yahweh of Armies, 'and I will return to you,' says Yahweh of Armies. [1:4] Don't you be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying: Thus says Yahweh of Armies, 'Return now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings;' but they did not hear, nor listen to me, says Yahweh. [1:5] Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? [1:6] But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, didn't they overtake your fathers?