Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, but have brought in little, have eaten, and not been filled, have drunk, and not been satisfied with drink, have clothed you, and none hath been warm,—and, he that hath hired himself out, hath put his wages into a bag with holes.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5Now, therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,—Apply your heart unto your own experience—
7Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts,—Apply your heart to your own experience:
Cross References
Leviticus 26:26When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight,—And ye shall eat and not be filled.
Deuteronomy 28:38Much seed, shalt thou take out into the field,—and little, shalt thou gather in, for the locust shall consume it.
1 Kings 17:12And she said—By the life of Yahweh, thy God, verily I have not a cake, only a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse,—and lo! I have been gathering a couple of sticks, so I shall go in and make it ready for me and for my son, that we may eat it—and die!
Job 20:28The increase of his house shall vanish, melting away in the day of his anger.
Proverbs 11:24There is who scattereth, and increaseth yet more, and who withholdeth of what is due, only to come to want.
Jeremiah 12:13They sowed, wheat, but thorns, have they reaped, They have put themselves to pain they shall not be profited,—Yea turn ye pale at your produce, Because of the glow of the anger of Yahweh.
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 →