Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?

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

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.