The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it. And you shall know that Jehovah of Hosts has sent me to you.
Then that Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem. And from then even until now it has been building, but is not finished.
Come near to Me; hear this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning. From its being, I was there; and now the Lord Jehovah, and His Spirit, has sent Me.
Now set your heart from this day and forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that Jehovah’s temple was founded; set it to your heart:
Therefore thus says Jehovah: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassions; My house shall be built in it, a statement of Jehovah of Hosts, and a line shall be stretched over Jerusalem.
And many nations shall be joined to Jehovah in that day, and they shall be to Me for a people. And I will dwell in your midst; and you shall know that Jehovah of Hosts has sent Me to you.
And the distant ones shall come and build in the temple of Jehovah. And you shall know that Jehovah of Hosts has sent me to you. And this shall be, if listening you will listen to the voice of Jehovah your God.
looking to the Author and Finisher of our faith, Jesus, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, “and has sat down at the right hand” of the throne of God.”