Berean Standard Bible
Haggai 2:17
17I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
Haggai 2:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)I struck all the work of your hands with blight, mildew and hail, yet you did not return to me,’ declares the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not turn to Me,’ says the Lord.
Context of Haggai 2:17
15Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, 16from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty. I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD. 18Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully: 19Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
Read all of Haggai 2Haggai 2:17 word by word
הִכֵּ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בַּשִּׁדָּפ֤וֹן וּבַיֵּֽרָקוֹן֙ וּבַבָּרָ֔ד אֵ֖ת כָּל־מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְדֵיכֶ֑ם וְאֵין־אֶתְכֶ֥ם אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
- I struck youנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- the workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
- of your handsיָדyâd · hand: themselvesH3027
- with blightשִׁדָּפוֹןshedêphâh shiddâphôn · blightH7711
- mildewיֵרָקוֹןyêrâqôn · mildewH3420
- and hailבָּרָדbârâd · hailH1259
- but you did notאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
- turn to Meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
- the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Haggai 2:17
- Haggai 1:9You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
- Genesis 42:6Now Joseph was the ruler of the land; he was the one who sold grain to all its people. So when his brothers arrived, they bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.
- Deuteronomy 28:22The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.
- 1 Kings 8:37When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
- 2 Chronicles 6:28When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
- Isaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
- Amos 4:9“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
- Exodus 9:18Behold, at this time tomorrow I will rain down the worst hail that has ever fallen on Egypt, from the day it was founded until now.
- Isaiah 28:2Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
- Haggai 1:11I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
- Psalms 78:46He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
- Isaiah 62:8The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
- Jeremiah 3:24From our youth, that shameful god has consumed what our fathers have worked for— their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
- Job 36:13The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Isaiah 9:13But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
Commentaries on Haggai 2:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17I smote you with blasting and mildew, - two diseases of grain, which Moses had foretold Deuteronomy 28:27. as chastisements on disobedience and God‘s infliction, of which Amos had spoken in these self-same words. Amos 4:9. Haggai adds the hail, as destructive of the vines. Psalm 78:47. Yet (And) ye turned you not to Me literally “there were none” - your, (accusative i. e., who turned you unto Me. The words are elliptical, but express the entire absence of…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Many spoiled this good work, by going about it with unholy hearts and hands, and were likely to gain no advantage by it. The sum of these two rules of the law is, that sin is more easily learned from others than holiness. The impurity of their hearts and lives shall make the work of their hands, and all their offerings, unclean before God. The case is the same with us. When employed in any good work, we should watch over ourselves, lest we…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17turn to Me: This often means repentance. you did not: The Hebrew people were stubborn and rebellious from the time of Moses (Deuteronomy 31:27) to the time of Jesus (Matthew 17:17). blight, mildew: These events happened because of disobedience to God's covenant (see Deuteronomy 28:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Appropriated from Am 4:9, whose canonicity is thus sealed by Haggai's inspired authority; in the last clause, "turned," however, has to be supplied, its omission marking by the elliptical abruptness ("yet ye not to Me!") God's displeasure. Compare "(let him come) unto Me!" Moses in excitement omitting the bracketed words (Ex 32:26). "Blasting" results from excessive drought; "mildew, from excessive moisture.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Haggai 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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