Haggai 1:5-6

5, 6. If at present they are experiencing misfortune, if the results of their labors are disappointing, if their crops do not prosper, all these calamities are a judgment from Jehovah for their indifference and neglectfulness (compare Haggai 1:9). For the philosophy underlying this argument see on Amos 3:6, and at the close of comments on Amos 4:11.

Consider your ways Literally, set your hearts on your ways. A favorite phrase with Haggai (compare Haggai 1:7; Haggai 2:15; Haggai 2:18). Their ways are their conduct, but, as Haggai 1:6 indicates, the consequences of the conduct are to be included in their considerations. Jerome explains your ways as equivalent to “what you have done and what you have suffered.” Their experiences have been startling enough to cause them to stop and think. A curse seemed to rest upon all their possessions and undertakings.

Bring in Harvest. Harvests had turned out badly; abundant sowing had produced sparingly (compare Isaiah 5:8-10). For how many years this continued we do not know. The same curse was seen everywhere. What they ate and drank did not satisfy their hunger and thirst, their clothes failed to warm them, and the wages of the day laborer were used up as rapidly as if they had been placed in a bag full of holes.