Daily Bible Readings November 8, 2016

Haggai 1:15-2:9Common English Bible (CEB) 15 on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king. Encouraging the people 2 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord’s word came through Haggai the prophet: 2 Say to Judah’s governor Zerubbabel, Shealtiel’s son, and to the chief priest Joshua, Jehozadak’s son, and to the rest of the people: 3 Who among you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now?     Doesn’t it appear as nothing to you? 4 So now, be strong, Zerubbabel, says the Lord. Be strong, High Priest Joshua, Jehozadak’s son,         and be strong, all you people of the land, says the Lord. Work, for I am with you, says the Lord of heavenly forces. 5 As with our agreement when you came out of Egypt,         my spirit stands in your midst. Don’t fear. 6 This is what the Lord of heavenly forces says: In just a little while, I will make the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land quake. 7 I will make all the nations quake.         The wealth of all the nations will come. I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of heavenly forces. 8 The silver and the gold belong to me, says the Lord of heavenly forces. 9 This house will be more glorious than its predecessor, says theLord of heavenly forces.         I will provide prosperity in this place, says the Lord of heavenly forces. Common English Bible (CEB), used with permission Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible