Albert Barnes Commentary Haggai 2:17

Albert Barnes Commentary

Haggai 2:17

1798–1870
Presbyterian
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes Commentary

Haggai 2:17

1798–1870
Presbyterian
SCRIPTURE

"I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith Jehovah." — Haggai 2:17 (ASV)

I smote you with blasting and mildew—two diseases of grain, which Moses had foretold (Deuteronomy 28:27) as chastisements for disobedience and as God’s infliction, of which Amos had spoken in these very same words (Amos 4:9). Haggai adds the hail, as destructive to the vines (Psalms 78:47). Yet (or And) you did not turn to Me. This literally means 'there were none'—that is, none of you (where 'you' is the object, hence accusative) who turned to Me. The words are elliptical but express the complete absence of conversion, of anyone who turned to God.