Haggai 1:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of the hands."

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

And I called for a drought upon the land — God called to the people, and they would not hear. It is His ever-repeated complaint to them.

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

And I called for a drought upon. —Better, And I invoked a desolation upon. Similarly, in 2 Kings 8:1…

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

I did blow upon it. Why? says the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and you run every man to his own house.

The…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And I called for a drought upon the land
Upon the whole land of Judea; as he withheld the dew and rain from falling …

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…

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