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The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:6

Their labours for years past had lacked the Divine blessing. Though they had fine houses to dwell in, they had been visited with scanty harvests and weak bodily health. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; but to bring in little (Hebrew). And this infinitive absolute is continued in the following clauses, giving remarkable force to the words, and expressing an habitual result. We see from Haggai 2:15-17 that these unfruitful seasons had visited them during all the continuance of their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:6-11

Hard times. I. A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE . Poor harvests and profitless trade, famine and idleness, lack of bread and want of employment, nothing to eat, and nothing to do. The two commonly go together. Examples of famines were in ancient times those which occurred in Canaan ( Genesis 12:10 ), in Egypt ( Genesis 41:54 ), in Samaria ( 1 Kings 17:2 ; 2 Kings 6:25 ), in Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 52:6 ); in modern times those which have taken place in India, China, and other parts of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:3

And the word of the Lord came - o “Before, he prophesied nothing, but only recited the saying of the people; now he refutes it in his prophecy, and repeats, again and again, that he says this not of himself, but from the mind and mouth of God.” It is characteristic of Haggai to inculcate thus frequently, that his words are not his own, but the words of God. Yet “the prophets, both in their threats and prophecies, repeat again and again, “Thus saith the Lord,” teaching us, how we should prize... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:4

Is it time for you - You, being what you are, the creatures of God, “to dwell in your ceiled houses,” more emphatically, in your houses, and those “ceiled,” probably with costly woods, such as cedar . But where then was the excuse of want of means? They imitated, in their alleged poverty, what is spoken of as magnificent in their old kings, Solomon and Shallum, but not having, as Solomon first did (1 Kings 6:9, ויספן), “covered the house of God with beams and rows of cedar” . “Will ye dwell in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:5

And now, thus saith the Lord of hosts; “Consider,” (literally “set your heart upon) your ways,” what they had been doing, what they were doing, and what those doings had led to, and would lead to. This is ever present to the mind of the prophets, as speaking God’s words, that our acts are not only “ways” in which we go, each day of life being a continuance of the day before; but that they are ways which lead, somewhere in God’s Providence and His justice; to some end of the “way,” good or bad.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:6

Ye have sown much - The prophet expresses the habitualness of these visitations by a vivid present. He marks no time and so expresses the more vividly that it was at all times. It is one continually present evil. “Ye have sown much and there is a bringing in little; there is eating and not to satisfy; there is drinking and not to exhilarate; there is clothing and not to be warm It is not for the one or the other years, as, since the first year of Darius Hystaspis; it is one continued... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Haggai 1:2-4

Haggai 1:2-4. This people say, The time is not come, &c. They had no just cause for saying this; but their own private concerns and conveniences (as appears from what follows) employed all their thoughts, and they preferred them to the rebuilding of the temple. Then When the people were thus sluggish, made excuses, and delayed the work; came the word of the Lord to Haggai To reprove them for their neglect, and excite them to their duty. Is it time for you, &c. You think it... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Haggai 1:5-6

Haggai 1:5-6. Therefore consider your ways Reflect seriously upon this affair, whether it is consistent with the reason of things, or whether you have even promoted your own happiness by it as you thought to do. Ye have sown much, and bring in little Namely, into your barns. Ye eat, but ye have not enough To satisfy your hunger; ye drink, but ye are not filled Ye have not wine enough for your support. Ye clothe you, but there is none warm Ye have not been able to get sufficient... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15

THE PROPHECY OF HAGGAIHaggai’s rebuke and its results (1:1-15)The Jews were making excuses for not building the temple, saying that they were suffering a time of personal hardship and enemy opposition. They claimed it was not yet time to begin the work (1:1-2). Yet they could build houses for themselves. In fact, they had taken much of the available timber and used it extravagantly in their own homes, even though timber was in short supply and was needed for the temple (3-4). Because of their... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Haggai 1:4

you, O ye . Hebrew Figure of speech Epizeuxis ( App-6 ), for emphasis = you, even you, or that ye yourselves. ceiled = panelled. Used of the lining of an arched roof. Occurs in 1Ki 6:9 ; 1 Kings 7:3 , 1 Kings 7:7 . Jeremiah 22:14 . Showing that their houses were not only roofed, but wainscotted or decorated. Hebrew = "in your houses [and that too] panelled". Compare David (2 Samuel 7:2 .Psalms 132:3; Psalms 132:3 ). This proves that the Temple had not then been commenced. Compare Haggai 1:9... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Haggai 1:6-11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Haggai 1:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Haggai 1:2-4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Haggai 1:5-6

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Haggai 1:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Haggai 1:4

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