¹ In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

¹⁰ Let your designs be formed, and they will come to nothing; give your orders, and they will not be effected: for God is with us.