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Haggai 1:5
5This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!
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
3Then the Lord sent this message through the prophet Haggai: 4“Why are you living in luxurious houses while my house lies in ruins? This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you! 6You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes! 7“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!
Read all of Haggai 1Haggai 1:5 word by word
וְעַתָּ֕ה כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֖ר יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת שִׂ֥ימוּ לְבַבְכֶ֖ם עַל־דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Haggai 1:5
- Haggai 1:7“This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!
- Haggai 2:15Look at what was happening to you before you began to lay the foundation of the Lord’s Temple.
- Lamentations 3:40Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.
- Ezekiel 18:28They will live because they thought it over and decided to turn from their sins. Such people will not die.
- Luke 15:17“When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, ‘At home even the hired servants have food enough to spare, and here I am dying of hunger!
- 2 Corinthians 13:5Examine yourselves to see if your faith is genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the test of genuine faith.
- Galatians 6:4Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare yourself to anyone else.
- Exodus 7:23Pharaoh returned to his palace and put the whole thing out of his mind.
- Exodus 9:21But those who paid no attention to the word of the Lord left theirs out in the open.
- Psalms 48:13Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations.
- Ezekiel 40:4He said to me, “Son of man, watch and listen. Pay close attention to everything I show you. You have been brought here so I can show you many things. Then you will return to the people of Israel and tell them everything you have seen.”
- Daniel 6:14Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day looking for a way to get Daniel out of this predicament.
- Daniel 10:12Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.
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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