'Saying' in the Bible

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

Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,

Then Haggai, Yahweh's messenger, spoke Yahweh's message to the people, saying, "I am with you," says Yahweh.

In the seventh month, in the twenty-first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh 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,

In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

"Thus says Yahweh of Armies: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

The Word of Yahweh came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

"Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, 'I will shake the heavens and the earth.