Haggai 1:1-3

The Voice

1 On the first day of the sixth month, during the second year King Darius reigned over the Persian Empire, the prophet named Haggai gave a message from the Eternal One to men named Zerubbabel (Shealtiel’s son and the Jewish governor of Judah) and Joshua (Jehozadak’s son and the high priest). ² This is what the Eternal, the Commander of heavenly armies who is more powerful even than the king, had to say.

³ The prophet Haggai gave a message from the Eternal.