Christian Standard Bible
Haggai 1:5
5Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways:
Haggai 1:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
- New International Version (NIV)Now this is what the Lord Almighty says: “Give careful thought to your ways.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways!
Context of Haggai 1:5
3The word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 4“Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?” Now, the Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways: 6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough to be satisfied. You drink but never have enough to be happy. You put on clothes but never have enough to get warm. The wage earner puts his wages into a bag with a hole in it.” 7The Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways.
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וְעַתָּ֕ה כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת שִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖ם עַל־דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Haggai 1:5
- Haggai 1:7The Lord of Armies says this: “Think carefully about your ways.
- Haggai 2:15“Now from this day on, think carefully: Before one stone was placed on another in the Lord’s temple,
- Lamentations 3:40Let’s examine and probe our ways, and turn back to the Lord.
- Ezekiel 18:28He will certainly live because he thought it over and turned from all the transgressions he had committed; he will not die.
- Luke 15:17When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!
- 2 Corinthians 13:5Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you yourselves not recognize that Jesus Christ is in you? — unless you fail the test.
- Galatians 6:4Let each person examine his own work, and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else.
- Exodus 7:23Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and didn’t take even this to heart.
- Exodus 9:21but those who didn’t take to heart the Lord’s word left their servants and livestock in the field.
- Psalms 48:13note its ramparts; tour its citadels so that you can tell a future generation:
- Ezekiel 40:4He spoke to me: “Son of man, look with your eyes, listen with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for you have been brought here so that I might show it to you. Report everything you see to the house of Israel.”
- Daniel 6:14As soon as the king heard this, he was very displeased; he set his mind on rescuing Daniel and made every effort until sundown to deliver him.
- Daniel 10:12“Don’t be afraid, Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers.
Commentaries on Haggai 1:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Consider your ways - Is it fit that you should be building yourselves elegant houses, and neglect a place for the worship of that God who has restored you from captivity?Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5And now, thus saith the Lord of hosts; “Consider,” (literally “set your heart upon) your ways,” what they had been doing, what they were doing, and what those doings had led to, and would lead to. This is ever present to the mind of the prophets, as speaking God‘s words, that our acts are not only “ways” in which we go, each day of life being a continuance of the day before; but that they are ways which lead, somewhere in God‘s Providence and His justice…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Consider carefully your ways (literally Set your heart on these matters): For the Hebrews, the heart is where thinking, feeling, and willing occur. This command (also Haggai 1:7; 2:15, 18) urges people to think carefully and understand the link between their situation (drought and poverty, Haggai 1:6) and their failure to restore proper worship of the Lord (1:8–9).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Consider your ways--literally, "Set your heart" on your ways. The plural implies, Consider both what ye have done (actively, La 3:40) and what ye have suffered (passively) [Jerome]. Ponder earnestly whether ye have gained by seeking self at the sacrifice of God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Haggai 1
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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