,this e,book was produced by ,david     
,widger  from etext #aeha prepared by   
,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,aggeus          
,,aggeus was one of those that returned 
from the captivity of ,babylon1 in  the 
first year of the reign of king ,cyrus4 
,he was sent by the ,lord1 in  the      
second year of the reign of king        

,darius1 the son of ,hystaspes1 to      
exhort ,zorobabel the prince of ,juda1  
and ,jesus the high priest1 to the      
building of the temple2 which they had  
begun1 but left off again through  the  
opposition of the ,samaritans4 ,in      
consequence of this exhortation  they   
proceeded in the building and finished  
the temple4 ,and the prophet  was       
commissioned by the ,lord to assure them
 that this second temple  should be more
 glorious than the former1 because the  
,messiah should  honour it with his     
presence3 signifying withal how much the
 church of  the ,new ,testament should  
excel that of the ,old ,testament4      
,aggeus ,chapter #a    ,the people are  
reproved for neglecting to build the    
temple4 ,they are  encouraged to set    
about the work4    #a3a4 ,in the second 
year of ,darius the king1 in the sixth  
month1 in the  first day of the month1  
the word of the ,lord came by the hand  
of ,aggeus  the prophet1 to ,zorobabel  
the son of ,salathiel1 governor of      

,juda1 and to  ,jesus the son of        
,josedec the high priest1 saying3       
#a3b4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts1   
saying3 ,this people saith3 ,the time   
is not yet come for building the house  
of the ,lord4    #a3c4 ,and the word of 
the ,lord came by the hand of ,aggeus   
the prophet1  saying3    #a3d4 ,is it   
time for you to dwell in ceiled houses1 
and this house lie  desolate8    #a3e4  
,and now thus saith the ,lord of hosts3 
,set your hearts to consider  your ways4
    #a3f4 ,you have sowed much1 and     
brought in little3 you have eaten1 but  
have not had enough3 you have drunk1 but
 have not been filled with  drink3 you  
have clothed yourselves1 but have not   
been warmed3 and he  that hath earned   
wages1 put them into a bag with holes4  
#a3g4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3   
,set your hearts upon your ways3        
#a3h4 ,go up to the mountain1 bring     
timber1 and build the house3 and it     
shall be acceptable to me1 and ,i shall 
be glorified1 saith the ,lord4    #a3i4 

,you have looked for more1 and behold it
 became less1 and you  brought it home1 
and ,i blowed it away3 why1 saith the   
,lord of hosts8  because my house is    
desolate1 and you make haste every man  
to his own  house4    #a3aj4 ,therefore 
the heavens over you were stayed from   
giving dew1 and  the earth was hindered 
from yielding her fruits3    #a3aa4 ,and
 ,i called for a drought upon the land1 
and upon the mountains1  and upon the   
corn1 and upon the wine1 and upon the   
oil1 and upon all  that the ground      
bringeth forth1 and upon men1 and upon  
beasts1 and upon  all the labour of the 
hands4    #a3ab4 ,then ,zorobabel the   
son of ,salathiel1 and ,jesus the son of
 ,josedec  the high priest1 and all the 
remnant of the people hearkened to the  
voice of the ,lord their ,god1 and to   
the words of ,aggeus the prophet1 as    
the ,lord their ,god sent him to them3  
and the people feared before the  ,lord4
    #a3ac4 ,and ,aggeus the messenger of
 the ,lord1 as one of the messengers of 

the ,lord1 spoke1 saying to the people3 
,i am with you1 saith the ,lord4        
#a3ad4 ,and the ,lord stirred up the    
spirit of ,zorobabel the son of         
,salathiel governor of ,juda1 and the   
spirit of ,jesus the son of ,josedec    
the high priest1 and the spirit of all  
the rest of the people3 and they  went  
in1 and did the work in the house of the
 ,lord of ,hosts their ,god4    ,aggeus 
,chapter #b    ,christ by his coming    
shall make the latter temple more       
glorious than the  former4 ,the blessing
 of ,god shall reward their labour in   
building4 ,god's  promise to ,zorobabel4
    #b3a4 ,in the four and twentieth day
 of the month1 in the sixth month1 in   
the second year of ,darius the king1    
they began4    #b3b4 ,and in the seventh
 month1 the word of the ,lord came by   
the hand of  ,aggeus the prophet1       
saying3    #b3c4 ,speak to ,zorobabel   
the son of ,salathiel the governor of   
,juda1 and  to ,jesus the son of        
,josedec the high priest1 and to the    

rest of the  people1 saying3    #b3d4   
,who is left among you1 that saw this   
house in its first glory8 and  how do   
you see it now8 is it not in comparison 
to that as nothing in  your eyes8       
#b3e4 ,yet now take courage1 ,o         
,zorobabel1 saith the ,lord1 and take   
courage1 ,jesus the son of ,josedec the 
high priest1 and take courage1 all  ye  
people of the land1 saith the ,lord of  
hosts3 and perform 7for ,i am  with you1
 saith the ,lord of hosts7    #b3f4 ,the
 word that ,i convenanted with you when 
you came out of the land  of ,egypt3 and
 my spirit shall be in the midst of you3
 fear not4    #b3g4 ,for thus saith the 
,lord of hosts3 ,yet one little while1  
and ,i will  move the heaven and the    
earth1 and the sea1 and the dry land4   
#b3h4 ,and ,i will move all nations3    
,,and ,,the ,,desired ,,of ,,all        
,,nations ,,shall  ,,come3 and ,i will  
fill this house with glory3 saith the   
,lord of hosts4    #b3i4 ,the silver is 
mine1 and the gold is mine1 saith the   

,lord of hosts4    #b3aj4 ,great shall  
be the glory of this last house more    
than of the  first1 saith the ,lord of  
hosts3 and in this place ,i will give   
peace1  saith the ,lord of hosts4       
#b3aa4 ,in the four and twentieth day of
 the ninth month1 in the second  year of
 ,darius the king1 the word of the ,lord
 came to ,aggeus the  prophet1 saying3  
#b3ab4 ,thus saith the ,lord of hosts3  
,ask the priests the law1 saying3       
#b3ac4 ,if a man carry sanctified flesh 
in the skirt of his garment1 and  touch 
with his skirt1 bread1 or pottage1 or   
wine1 or oil1 or any meat3  shall it be 
sanctified8 ,and the priests answered1  
and said3 ,no4    #b3ad4 ,and ,aggeus   
said3 ,if one that is unclean by        
occasion of a soul  touch any of all    
these things1 shall it be defiled8 ,and 
the priests  answered1 and said3 ,it    
shall be defiled4    ,by occasion of a  
soul444 ,that is1 by having touched the 
dead2 in which  case1 according to the  
prescription of the law1 ,num4 #ai4ac1  

#bb1 a person  not only became unclean  
himself1 but made every thing that he   
touched  unclean4 ,the prophet applies  
all this to the people1 whose souls     
remained unclean by neglecting the      
temple of ,god2 and therefore were not  
sanctified by the flesh they offered in 
sacrifice3 but rather defiled  their    
sacrifices by approaching to them in the
 state of uncleanness4    #b3ae4 ,and   
,aggeus answered1 and said3 ,so is this 
people1 and so is this  nation before my
 face1 saith the ,lord1 and so is all   
the work of their  hands3 and all that  
they have offered there1 shall be       
defiled4    #b3af4 ,and now consider in 
your hearts1 from this day and upward1  
before  there was a stone laid upon a   
stone in the temple of the ,lord4       
#b3ag4 ,when you went to a heap of      
twenty bushels1 and they became ten3    
and you went into the press1 to press   
out fifty vessels1 and they became      
twenty4    #b3ah4 ,i struck you with a  
blasting wind1 and all the works of your

 hand  with the mildew and with hail1   
yet there was none among you that       
returned to me1 saith the ,lord4        
#b3ai4 ,set your hearts from this day1  
and henceforward1 from the four and     
twentieth day of the ninth month3 from  
the day that the foundations of  the    
temple of the ,lord were laid1 and lay  
it up in your hearts4    #b3bj4 ,is the 
seed as yet sprung up8 or hath the vine1
 and the fig tree1  and the pomegranate1
 and the olive tree as yet flourished8  
from this day  ,i will bless you4       
#b3ba4 ,and the word of the ,lord came a
 second time to ,aggeus in the four  and
 twentieth day of the month1 saying3    
#b3bb4 ,speak to ,zorobabel the governor
 of ,juda1 saying3 ,i will move both    
heaven and earth4    #b3bc4 ,and ,i will
 overthrow the throne of kingdoms1 and  
will destroy the  strength of the       
kingdom of the ,gentiles3 and ,i will   
overthrow the  chariot1 and him that    
rideth therin3 and the horses and their 
riders  shall come down1 every one by   

the sword of his brother4    #b3bd4 ,in 
that day1 saith the ,lord of hosts1 ,i  
will take thee1 ,o  ,zorobabel the son  
of ,salathiel1 my servant1 saith the    
,lord1 and will  make thee as a signet1 
for ,i have chosen thee1 saith the ,lord
 of hosts4    ,o ,zorobabel444 ,this    
promise principally relates to ,christ1 
who was of  the race of ,zorobabel4