Charles Spurgeon Commentary Haggai 1:9

"Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house." — Haggai 1:9 (ASV)

You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little;

It vanished: the breeze was so strong that the unconsecrated substance went away like chaff.