18. “From this day on, from this twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid. Give careful thought:
19. is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig-tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree have not borne fruit.‘ “From this day on I will bless you.” ’
20. The word of the Lord came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month:
21. ‘Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.