14 And also the gold and silver vessels+ of the house of God that Neb·u·chad·nezʹzar had taken out of the temple, which was in Jerusalem, and brought to the temple of Babylon,*+ these Cyrus the king+ took out of the temple of Babylon, and they were given to Shesh·bazʹzar,*+ the name of the one whom he made governor.+

16 When that Shesh·bazʹzar came he laid the foundations of the house of God,+ which is in Jerusalem; and from then until now it is being rebuilt but it has not been completed.’+

1 In the second year of Da·riʹus the king,+ in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah occurred by means of Hagʹgai+ the prophet to Ze·rubʹba·bel+ the son of She·alʹti·el,+ the governor of Judah,+ and to Joshua*+ the son of Je·hozʹa·dak+ the high* priest, saying:

21 “Say to Ze·rubʹba·bel the governor of Judah,+ ‘I am rocking the heavens and the earth.+