Haggai 2:4

Even so, take heart, Zerubbabel,’ says the Lord. ‘Take heart, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and ¹  all you citizens of the land,’ ²  says the Lord, ‘and begin to work. For I am with you,’ says the Lord who rules over all.

Ex 3:12; De 31:23; Jos 1:6,9; Jud 2:18; 1Sa 16:18; 2Sa 5:10; 1Ch 22:13; 1Ch 28:20; Hag 1:13; Zec 8:9; Mr 16:20; Ac 7:9; 1Co 16:13; Eph 6:10; 2Ti 2:1; 2Ti 4:17

¹ tn Heb “and take heart.” Although emphatic, the repetition of the verb is redundant in contemporary English style and has been left untranslated.

² tn Heb “the people of the land” (עַם הָאָרֶץ, ’am ha’arets); this is a technical term referring to free citizens as opposed to slaves.