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Haggai 2:17 I struck you--all the work of your hands--with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
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Even so, you refused to return to me, says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/haggai/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and with mildew and with hail, yet you did not turn to me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/haggai/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/haggai/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye <i>turned</i> not to me, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/haggai/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I struck you with blight and mildew and hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you did not <i>turn</i> to Me,’ says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/haggai/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I struck you <i>and</i> every work of your hands with scorching wind, mildew, and hail; yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I smote you and every work of your hands with blasting wind, mildew and hail; yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/haggai/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘I smote you <i>and</i> every work of your hands with blasting wind, mildew, and hail; yet you <i>did</i> not <i>come back</i> to Me,’ declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/haggai/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I struck you <i>and</i> every work of your hands with scorching wind, mildew, and hail; yet you <i>did</i> not <i>come back</i> to Me,’ declares Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/haggai/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I struck you and the work of your hands with scorching wind, mildew, and hail; yet you did not come back to Me,’ declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/haggai/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you didn’t turn to me—this is the LORD’s declaration.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/haggai/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you didn’t turn to Me"—this is the LORD’s declaration. “<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/haggai/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/haggai/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I made all of your hard work useless by sending mildew, mold, and hail--but you still did not return to me, your LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/haggai/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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 the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/haggai/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I infested all your work with blight and mildew and struck it with hail. But you didn't come back to me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/haggai/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I sent scorching winds and hail to ruin everything you tried to grow, but still you did not repent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/haggai/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I punished you and everything that you undertook —with scorching wind, with mildew, and with hail, and you still did not return to me,' declares the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/haggai/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I struck you?all the work of your hands?with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/haggai/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I struck all the products of your labor with blight, disease, and hail, and yet you brought nothing to me,' says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/haggai/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you did not turn to me,' says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/haggai/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/haggai/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn’t turn to me,’ says Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/haggai/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have struck you with blasting, "" And with mildew, and with hail—All the work of your hands, "" And there is none of you with Me,” "" A declaration of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/haggai/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have smitten you with blasting, And with mildew, and with hail -- All the work of your hands, And there is none of you with Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/haggai/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I struck you with blasting and with yellowness and with hail in all the work of your hands; and none with you to me, says Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/haggai/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I struck you with a blasting wind, and all the works of your hand with the mildew and with hail, yet there was none among you that returned to me, saith the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/haggai/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 2:18>how I struck you with a burning wind, and a mildew, and a hailstorm, all the works of your hand, yet there was no one among you who returned to me, says the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/haggai/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I struck you, and all the work of your hands, with searing wind, blight, and hail, yet you did not return to me—oracle of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/haggai/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I struck you and all the products of your toil with blight and mildew and hail; yet you did not return to me, says the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/haggai/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I smote you with blight and with mildew and with hail in all the labor of your hands; yet you turned not to me, says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/haggai/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I struck you with blight and with jaundice and with hail for all the works of your hands, and you were not turned to me, says LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/haggai/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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 the LORD--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/haggai/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I smote you with barrenness, and with blasting, and all the works of your hands with hail; yet ye returned not to me, saith the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/haggai/2-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3FsGMCt5I0?start=360" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/haggai/2.htm">Blessings for a Defiled People</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: hik·kê·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">I struck you—</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śêh (N-msc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">the work</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê·ḵem (N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of your hands—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7711.htm" title="7711: baš·šid·dā·p̄ō·wn (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Blighted or blasted thing. Or shiddaphown; from shadaph; blight.">with blight,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3420.htm" title="3420: ū·ḇay·yê·rā·qō·wn (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Mildew, paleness, lividness. From yereq; paleness, whether of persons, or of plants.">mildew,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1259.htm" title="1259: ū·ḇab·bā·rāḏ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Hail. From barad; hail -hail).">and hail,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">but you did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">turn to Me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5002.htm" title="5002: nə·’um- (N-msc) -- Utterance. From na'am; an oracle.">declares</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></span><br />“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-20.htm">Leviticus 26:20</a></span><br />and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-38.htm">Deuteronomy 28:38-39</a></span><br />You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it. / You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a></span><br />What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-9.htm">Malachi 3:9-11</a></span><br />You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure. / I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of your land, and the vine in your field will not fail to produce fruit,” says the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a></span><br />I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a></span><br />This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: / “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. / The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37</a></span><br />When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13-14</a></span><br />If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people, / and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/8-10.htm">Zechariah 8:10-12</a></span><br />For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor. / But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts. / “For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-11</a></span><br />And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” / Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-19.htm">Revelation 3:19</a></span><br />Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, said the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">with blasting.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/haggai/1-9.htm">Haggai 1:9</a></b></br> Ye looked for much, and, lo, <i>it came</i> to little; and when ye brought <i>it</i> home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that <i>is</i> waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">Genesis 42:6,23,27</a></b></br> And Joseph <i>was</i> the governor over the land, <i>and</i> he <i>it was</i> that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him <i>with</i> their faces to the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a></b></br> The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.</p><p class="hdg">with hail.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-18.htm">Exodus 9:18-29</a></b></br> Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-2.htm">Isaiah 28:2</a></b></br> Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, <i>which</i> as a tempest of hail <i>and</i> a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand.</p><p class="hdg">in all.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/haggai/1-11.htm">Haggai 1:11</a></b></br> And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon <i>that</i> which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-46.htm">Psalm 78:46</a></b></br> He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/62-8.htm">Isaiah 62:8</a></b></br> The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn <i>to be</i> meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:</p><p class="hdg">yet.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/28-22.htm">2 Chronicles 28:22</a></b></br> And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this <i>is that</i> king Ahaz.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/36-13.htm">Job 36:13</a></b></br> But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13</a></b></br> For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/haggai/2-14.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Blasting</a> <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Blight</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-8.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/haggai/2-14.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-19.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/haggai/2-14.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ice-Drops</a> <a href="/hosea/12-8.htm">Labours</a> <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-18.htm">Products</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/micah/6-13.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-13.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-13.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-20.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-15.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Wasting</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-11.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/haggai/2-14.htm">Work</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-7.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/haggai/2-23.htm">Affirmation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Blasting</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Blight</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-12.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/haggai/2-23.htm">Declares</a> <a href="/matthew/26-49.htm">Hail</a> <a href="/zechariah/4-9.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/job/38-22.htm">Ice-Drops</a> <a href="/romans/1-13.htm">Labours</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-47.htm">Mildew</a> <a href="/luke/12-18.htm">Products</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-1.htm">Rain</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-4.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/matthew/7-27.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/matthew/6-28.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-6.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/luke/15-30.htm">Wasting</a> <a href="/zechariah/5-9.htm">Wind</a> <a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Work</a> <a href="/matthew/3-8.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Haggai 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/2-1.htm">He encourages the people to the work, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/2-4.htm">by promise of greater glory to the second temple than was in the first.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/2-10.htm">In the type of holy things and unclean he shows their sins hindered the work.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/2-20.htm">God's promise to Zerubbabel.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The use of "blight, mildew, and hail" is reminiscent of the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a>, where God warns Israel of the consequences of disobedience. These agricultural calamities would have been devastating in an agrarian society, emphasizing the severity of God's judgment. The mention of "all the work of your hands" highlights the comprehensive nature of the affliction, affecting every aspect of their labor and livelihood. This serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty over nature and His ability to use it to fulfill His purposes.<p><b>but you did not turn to Me</b><br>This phrase underscores the purpose of the divine discipline: to bring the people back to God. Despite the hardships they faced, the Israelites failed to repent and seek God. This reflects a recurring theme in the Old Testament, where God uses adversity to draw His people back to Himself, as seen in the cycles of sin and repentance in the Book of Judges. The call to "turn" is a call to repentance, a central message in the prophetic literature, urging the people to return to covenant faithfulness.<p><b>declares the LORD</b><br>This phrase affirms the authority and authenticity of the message. The use of "declares the LORD" is a common prophetic formula that emphasizes that the words spoken are not merely the prophet's own, but are divinely inspired. It serves to remind the audience of the seriousness of the message and the need for a response. The declaration of the LORD is a reminder of His unchanging nature and His desire for a relationship with His people, as seen throughout the biblical narrative.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/haggai.htm">Haggai</a></b><br>A prophet who delivered God's messages to the people of Judah after their return from Babylonian exile. His primary focus was on encouraging the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through Haggai to communicate His displeasure with the people's priorities and their lack of response to His discipline.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a></b><br>The audience of Haggai's prophecy, who had returned from exile and were struggling with economic hardship and spiritual apathy.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the Temple was located, which was central to the religious life of the Jewish people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/blight,_mildew,_and_hail.htm">Blight, Mildew, and Hail</a></b><br>These are the forms of divine discipline mentioned in the verse, used by God to get the attention of His people and call them to repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_discipline_as_a_call_to_repentance.htm">Divine Discipline as a Call to Repentance</a></b><br>God uses hardships to draw His people back to Him. When facing difficulties, we should examine our lives and seek God's guidance and forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_prioritizing_god.htm">The Importance of Prioritizing God</a></b><br>The people of Judah were focused on their own homes rather than God's house. We must ensure that our priorities align with God's will, putting Him first in all aspects of our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/recognizing_god's_sovereignty.htm">Recognizing God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>The events described in <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17</a> remind us that God is in control of all circumstances. Trusting in His sovereignty helps us to respond appropriately to life's challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Ignoring God's commands leads to negative consequences. We should strive to live in obedience to God's Word to experience His blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_a_heart_response.htm">The Need for a Heart Response</a></b><br>External actions are not enough; God desires a heart that is turned towards Him. True repentance involves a change of heart and behavior.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_haggai_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Haggai 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_sabbatarianism.htm">What does the Bible say about mildew?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_amos.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Amos?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_mildew.htm">What does the Bible say about mildew?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_droughts_in_haggai_natural_events.htm">Could the drought and crop failures (Haggai 1:9-11) be purely natural occurrences rather than direct punishment from God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/haggai/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17) <span class= "bld">I smote you with blasting and with mildew</span> . . .--This is a reminiscence of <a href="/amos/4-9.htm" title="I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD.">Amos 4:9</a>, "I have smitten you with blasting and mildew . . . yet have not ye returned unto me, saith the Lord." "Blasting" and "mildew" are two diseases on corn enumerated by Moses (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm" title="The LORD shall smite you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish.">Deuteronomy 28:22</a>) among the curses on disobedience. The "hail" is added by Haggai, perhaps as particularly destructive to the vines. On the peculiar phrase, <span class= "ital">eyn ethcem elay,</span> which here takes the place of the <span class= "ital">lo shabtem aday</span> of Amos, see Ewald, <span class= "ital">Grammar,</span> ? 262 <span class= "ital">b.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/haggai/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 17.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I smote you with blasting and with mildew.</span> It was God who inflicted these calamities upon them judicially, according to the threats in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Deuteronomy 28:22</a> (comp. <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a>, and note there). These two pests affected the corn; the vines were smitten <span class="cmt_word">with hail</span> (<a href="/psalms/78-47.htm">Psalm 78:47</a>). <span class="cmt_word">In all the labours</span> (work) <span class="cmt_word">of your hands.</span> All that you had cultivated with toil, corn, vines, fruit of every sort. <span class="cmt_word">Yet ye turned not to me.</span> The clause is elliptical, "yet not ye to me." The LXX. and Syriac translate as the Authorized Version, supplying the verb from the parallel passage in <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a>. The Vulgate (not according to precedent), <span class="accented">Non fuit in vobis qui revertetur ad me</span>. In spite of these visitations there was not one among them who shook off his idle inaction and worked for the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/haggai/2-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I struck you—</span><br /><span class="heb">הִכֵּ֨יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(hik·kê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the work</span><br /><span class="heb">מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·śêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your hands—</span><br /><span class="heb">יְדֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḏê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with blight,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּשִּׁדָּפ֤וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(baš·šid·dā·p̄ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7711.htm">Strong's 7711: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blighted or blasted thing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mildew,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַיֵּֽרָקוֹן֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇay·yê·rā·qō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3420.htm">Strong's 3420: </a> </span><span class="str2">Mildew, paleness, lividness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and hail,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַבָּרָ֔ד</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇab·bā·rāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1259.htm">Strong's 1259: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but you did not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵין־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">turn to Me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">declares</span><br /><span class="heb">נְאֻם־</span> <span class="translit">(nə·’um-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5002.htm">Strong's 5002: </a> </span><span class="str2">An oracle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/haggai/2-17.htm">Haggai 2:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">OT Prophets: Haggai 2:17 I struck you with blight mildew (Hagg. 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