You 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!

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Ye have sown much - The prophet expresses the habitual nature of these visitations by a vivid present. He marks no time and so expresses mor…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Ye have sown much ...—Literally, Ye have been sowing much and bringing in little; eating, and it was not to satisfact…

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drin…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

You have sown much, and bring in little

Contrary to what is usually done; the seed that is sown is but little, in …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet the…