Haggai 1:5

I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

In Context

4“It is not right [RHQ] for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins!

6You have planted a lot of seeds, but you are not getting many crops to harvest. You eat food, but you never get enough. You drink wine, but you are still thirsty. You wear clothes, but you do not stay warm. You earn money, but things are very expensive, with the result that it is as though [MET] your money disappears because you are putting it in purses/pockets that have big holes in them.”

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Cross References

Exodus 7:23The king turned and went back to his palace, and he did not think any more about it [IDM].

Psalms 48:13notice the walls there and examine the forts in order that you can tell about them to your children.

Ezekiel 18:28Because he has thought about all the evil things that he did and has turned away from doing them, he will surely be allowed to live. He will not be executed for having done evil things.

Daniel 6:14When the king heard that, he was very distressed. He tried to find a way to save me. All the rest of that day he tried to think of a way to rescue me.

Haggai 1:7So this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you.

Luke 15:17Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!

Matthew Henry on Haggai 1:2-12

Haggai The captivity in Babylon gave a very remarkable turn to the affairs of the Jewish church both in history and prophecy. It is made a signal epocha in our Saviour's genealogy, Matt. i. 17 . Nine of the twelve minor prophets, whose oracles we have been hitherto consulting, lived and preached before that captivity, and most of them had an eye to it in their prophecies, foretelling it as the just punishment of Jerusalem's wickedness. But the last three (in whom the Spirit of prophecy took its period, until it… Read the whole commentary →

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