'Saying' in the Bible

In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Then Haggai, the messenger of the Lord, spoke by the commission of the Lord to the people saying, “‘I am with you,’ declares the Lord.”

On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet saying,

“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,

On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

“Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, ‘I am going to shake the heavens and the earth.