This is a message about Babylon, which Isaiah son of Amoz received from God.

This is the message that the LORD revealed to the prophet Habakkuk.

This is the LORD's message: He has decreed punishment for the land of Hadrach and for the city of Damascus. Not only the tribes of Israel but also the capital of Syria belong to the LORD.

This is a message about Israel from the LORD, the LORD who spread out the skies, created the earth, and gave life to man. He says,

During the second year that Darius was emperor of Persia, on the first day of the sixth month, the LORD spoke through the prophet Haggai. The message was for the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and for the High Priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.

On the twenty-first day of the seventh month of that same year, the LORD spoke again through the prophet Haggai.