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Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Haggai 1:9

Verse 9. Ye looked for much] Ye made great pretensions at first; but they are come to nothing. Ye did a little in the beginning; but so scantily and unwillingly that I could not but reject it.

Ye run every man unto his own house.] To rebuild and adorn it; and God's house is neglected!

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See also Haggai 1:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    YE LOOKED - , literally “a looking;” as though he said, it has all been one looking, “for much,” for increase, the result of all sowing, in the way of nature: “and behold it came to little,” i. e., le...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS CHAPTER 1:1-11 Haggai's First Address _ 1. The introduction (Habakkuk 1:1) _ 2. The reproof (Habakkuk 1:2) 3. Consider your ways (Habakkuk 1:7)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    HAGGAI 1:2. Read _mg._ Haggai 1:3. is a superfluous editorial addition. HAGGAI 1:4. A cieled house was one lined with timber, ordinary houses being left as rough inside as outside. This house means...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS. [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Having pointed out in ver. 8 the way of amendment and prosperity, the prophet resumes in these verses the expostulation of vv. 4 6, and again insists upon the depressed condition of the people and its...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Ye looked for much_, &c. Lit. TO LOOK (THERE WAS LOOKING) FOR MUCH, AND (IT CAME) TO LITTLE! Emphatic as ver. 6, where see note. A double blight and curse had come upon them. They had looked for much...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _SEE HOW MUCH WE NEED GOD -- HAGGAI 1:9-11:_ Our failure to obey God makes it impossible for Him to bless us. These people expected much, but received only a little. Even the little that they had woul...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I DID BLOW UPON IT— _I blasted it._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER XXIV EXPOSITION OF HAGGAI THE FIRST MESSAGE. Haggai 1:1-15 RV. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own h...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A CALL TO BEGIN BUILDING THE TEMPLE 1-11. Haggai repeatedly urges the leaders of Judah and the people to bend their energies to the rebuilding of the ruined Temple (August, 520 b.c.)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    NEVER *GIVE UP! HAGGAI _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE STORY OF HAGGAI The *Jews did not obey God. He sent them into exile. This was 587 B.C. (B.C. means years Before Christ came to earth.) Exile means t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    YE LOOKED FOR MUCH. — Literally, _There has been a turning about for much._ I DID BLOW UPON IT — _scil.,_ for the purpose of dispersing it. Even the little that was brought into the garner was decima...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    פָּנֹ֤ה אֶל ־הַרְבֵּה֙ וְ הִנֵּ֣ה לִ מְעָ֔ט

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE Haggai 1:1; Haggai 2:1 WE have seen that the most probable solution of the problems presented to us by the inadequate and confused records of the time is that a...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The prophet Haggai delivered his first message on the first day of the sixth month in the second year of the reign of Darius. It was addressed especially to those in authority. The people were excusin...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little; and when ye brought [it] home, I did blow (i) upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that [is] waste, and ye run every man unto...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    "Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, (4) Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, and this house lie waste? (5) Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; C...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. The prophet Haggai is the first of those who followed the captivity. There is great simplicity in his testimony. Nevertheless we shall find the Spirit of Chr...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here the Prophet relates again, that the Jews were deprived of support, and that they in a manner pined away in their distress, because they robbed God of the worship due to him. He first repeats the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. The last three prophets prophesied after the Babylonish captivity. God, as we have seen in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, brought back a small remna...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    YE LOOKED FOR MUCH, AND, LO, [IT CAME] TO LITTLE,.... They looked for a large harvest, and very promising it was for a while; but in the end it came to little; it was a very small crop, very little wa...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little; and when ye brought [it] home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that [is] waste, and ye run every man unto his...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Go up to the mountain_ Go to any of the forests upon the mountains: see Nehemiah 2:8: and cut down timber to carry on the building; or go to the mountain of Moriah, which I have chosen to build my te...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Ye looked for much, expecting still greater crops and a corresponding prosperity, AND, LO, IT CAME TO LITTLE; AND WHEN YE BROUGHT IT HOME, believing that at least the little which they had gotten was...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE INDIFFERENCE OF THE PEOPLE REBUKED. When the exiles, under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua, had returned to Jerusalem, they had begun the work of rebuilding the Temple with great eagerness...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    BLOW UPON IT: Or, blow it away...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet they must go back to it. They did not say that the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Ye, O Jews, you toiled, and were at great cost, as HAGGAI 1:6. LOOKED FOR MUCH; expected, hoped, promised yourselves a great increase, a plentiful harvest. AND, LO, IT CAME TO LITTLE; but you saw, dis...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Haggai 1:9 looked H6437 (H8800) much H7235 (H8687) little H4592 brought H935 (H8689) home H1004 blew...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH'S GRIEVANCE WITH HIS PEOPLE (HAGGAI 1:2). In a series of consecutive prophecies YHWH's grievance with His people is established, and the call comes to build the Temple. For YHWH knows that until...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Haggai 1:1. _In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    The subject is the building of the second temple. The people had been busily employed in building their own houses some of them had gone to great expense and much labour upon these houses, but they ha...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah's chastening because of the interrupted work on His house. The work on the temple recommenced. CHARACTERS: God, Darius, Haggai, Zerubbabel, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Those are strangers t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Haggai 1:1. _Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, the governor,_ or Pacha, _of_ _Judah._ King Jeconiah was father of Salathiel, as the word is written in 1 Chronicles 3:17; and Pedaiah was father of Zerub...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    HAGGAI—NOTE ON HAGGAI 1:3 Consider Your Ways: Fruitless Prosperity. In this second word to Haggai, the Lord asks his people to consider whether their wealth brings satisfaction. He encourages them to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    HAGGAI—NOTE ON HAGGAI 1:9 BUSIES HIMSELF WITH. The criticism of their misplaced priorities, implied in v. Haggai 1:4, is now made clear....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Haggai 1:5. Consider] Lit. _set your heart upon;_ i.e. consider your conduct and lay it to heart: a frequent formula with Haggai (cf. Haggai 1:7; ch. Haggai 2:15;...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION HAGGAI 1:1 Part I. THE FIRST ADDRESS: EXHORTATION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AND ITS RESULT....

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Haggai Then we go to Haggai who prophesied in the second year of Darius the king. This is not the Darius of Daniel's fame who was the Persian general when Babylon fell, but this is a Darius who came a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Kings 19:7; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 22:16;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Came to little — But it answered not the expectation. I did blow — I blasted it. Ye run — You with eagerness carry on your own particular buildings....

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