Haggai 1:9

I did blow upon it— I blasted it.

Related Commentaries of Haggai 1:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 w...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 min...
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, ordinar...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

saith the LORD of hosts . [is] the oracle of Jehovah Sabaioth.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 ro...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 ho...
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 ho...
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...
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE Haggai 1:1-15 ; Haggai 2:1-23 WE have seen that the most probable solution of the problems presented to...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Selfish and Shortsighted Thrift Haggai 1:1-11 Zerubbabel is the Sheshbazzar of Ezra 1:8 . He was of the royal line, and appointed governor by...
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 especi...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 cam...
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 ho...
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 m...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Jews Reproved; God's Controversy with the Jews; The Prophet's Good Advice. B. C. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 plenti...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Grievance With His People ( Haggai 1:2-11 ). In a series of consecutive prophecies YHWH's grievance with His people is established, and the...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 exp...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Haggai 1:1-2 . 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 pr...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Haggai 1:1-37 Part I. THE FIRST ADDRESS : EXHORTATION TO BUILD THE TEMPLE AND ITS RESULT . Haggai 1:1-37...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Indifference of the People Rebuked. When the exiles, under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua, had returned to Jerusalem, they had begun...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye looked for much, expecting still greater crops and a corresponding prosperity, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, believin...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 11:30-32 ; 2 Kings 19:7 ; 2 Samuel 21:1 ; 2 Samuel 22:16 ; Haggai 1:4 ; Haggai 1:6 ; Haggai 2:16 ; Haggai 2:17 ; Isaiah 17:10...
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...

⁹ Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blowe upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Related Commentaries of Haggai 1:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Haggai 1:9