Zechariah 4:9
4:9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple,
and his hands will complete it.” Then you will know that the
Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
Ezra 6:14-15
6:14 The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time
Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
6:15 They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth
year of the reign of King Darius.
Isaiah 44:26-28
44:26 who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants
and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers,
who says about Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’
and about the towns of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt,
her ruins I will raise up,’
44:27 who says to the deep sea, ‘Be dry!
I will dry up your sea currents,’
44:28 who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd
to carry out all my wishes
and to decree concerning Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’
and concerning the temple, ‘It will be reconstructed.’”
Haggai 1:14
1:14 So the
Lord energized and encouraged
Zerubbabel
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak,
and the whole remnant of the people.
They came and worked on the temple of their God, the
Lord who rules over all.