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href="/bsb/haggai/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/haggai/1.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/haggai/1.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />It’s because of you that the heavens withhold the dew and the earth produces no crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/haggai/1.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/haggai/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/haggai/1.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed <i>from</i> her fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/haggai/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/haggai/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/haggai/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/haggai/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/haggai/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore, because of you the sky has restrained its dew and the earth has restrained its produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/haggai/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, because of you [that is, your sin and disobedience] the heavens withhold the dew and the earth withholds its produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/haggai/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So on your account, the skies have withheld the dew and the land its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/haggai/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So on your account, the skies have withheld the dew and the land its crops. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/haggai/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/haggai/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That's also why the dew doesn't fall and your harvest fails. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/haggai/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore for your sake the heaven is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/haggai/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />It is because of you that the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/haggai/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />That is why there is no rain and nothing can grow. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/haggai/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />That is why the heavens keep withholding dew from you, and the earth withholds her fruit. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/haggai/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/haggai/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/haggai/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/haggai/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/haggai/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/haggai/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore, over you the heavens have refrained from dew, "" And the land has refrained its increase.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/haggai/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/haggai/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For this the heavens over you were shut up from dew, and the earth withheld her produce.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/haggai/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the heavens over you were stayed from giving dew, and the earth was hindered from yielding her fruits: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/haggai/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Because of this, the heavens over you have been prohibited from giving dew, and the earth has been prohibited from giving her sprouts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/haggai/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, the heavens withheld the dew, and the earth its yield. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/haggai/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/haggai/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore the heavens over you have stayed from dew and the earth has withheld its fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/haggai/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because of you the heavens have been restrained from dew and the Earth withholds its fruit<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/haggai/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore over you the heaven hath kept back, so that there is no dew, and the earth hath kept back her produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/haggai/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/haggai/1-10.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=98" 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/1.htm">A Call to Rebuild the Temple</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">Therefore,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on account of you</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: šå̄·ma·yim (N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">the heavens</a> <a href="/hebrew/3607.htm" title="3607: kā·lə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To shut up, restrain, withhold. A primitive root; to restrict, by act or word.">have withheld</a> <a href="/hebrew/2919.htm" title="2919: miṭ·ṭāl (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Night mist, dew. From talal; dew.">their dew</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: wə·hā·’ā·reṣ (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">and the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/3607.htm" title="3607: kā·lə·’āh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To shut up, restrain, withhold. A primitive root; to restrict, by act or word.">has withheld</a> <a href="/hebrew/2981.htm" title="2981: yə·ḇū·lāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Produce (of the soil). From yabal; produce, i.e. A crop or wealth.">its crops.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”…<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/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23-24</a></span><br />The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. / The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19-20</a></span><br />I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, / 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="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-9</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10-11</a></span><br />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="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-12</a></span><br />The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.<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="/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/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a></span><br />Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”<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="/matthew/6-31.htm">Matthew 6:31-33</a></span><br />Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ / For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. / But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-29.htm">Luke 12:29-31</a></span><br />And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it. / For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. / But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-17.htm">James 5:17-18</a></span><br />Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. / Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<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? ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19</a></b></br> And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23,24</a></b></br> And thy heaven that <i>is</i> over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that <i>is</i> under thee <i>shall be</i> iron… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-35.htm">1 Kings 8:35</a></b></br> When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/haggai/1-5.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/micah/5-7.htm">Dew</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-20.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-17.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/joel/1-11.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-8.htm">Refrained</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-18.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-5.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Withheld</a> <a href="/daniel/1-16.htm">Withhold</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-26.htm">Withholdeth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-17.htm">Withholds</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zechariah/3-1.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Crops</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Dew</a> <a href="/haggai/2-6.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Fruit</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/haggai/2-6.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Produce</a> <a href="/john/19-33.htm">Refrained</a> <a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-6.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/matthew/25-45.htm">Withheld</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-12.htm">Withhold</a> <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-6.htm">Withholdeth</a> <a href="/john/5-23.htm">Withholds</a><div class="vheading2">Haggai 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/1-1.htm">The time when Haggai prophesied.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/1-2.htm">He reproves the people for neglecting the building of the house.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/1-7.htm">He incites them to the building.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/haggai/1-12.htm">He promises them, being forward, God's assistance.</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/haggai/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/haggai/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/haggai/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore, on account of you</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct consequence of the people's actions. The context is the post-exilic period when the Israelites returned from Babylonian captivity. They prioritized their own homes over rebuilding the temple, which was a direct disobedience to God's command. This reflects the covenantal relationship where blessings and curses were contingent on obedience (Deuteronomy 28).<p><b>the heavens have withheld their dew</b><br>In the ancient Near East, dew was crucial for agriculture, especially in the dry season. The withholding of dew signifies divine judgment. This echoes the covenant curses in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23-24</a>, where the heavens turning to bronze symbolizes a lack of rain and divine favor. It highlights God's control over nature as a means of discipline.<p><b>and the earth has withheld its crops</b><br>The lack of crops is a direct result of the heavens withholding dew. This agricultural failure serves as a tangible sign of God's displeasure. It connects to the broader biblical theme of the land's fertility being tied to Israel's faithfulness (<a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19-20</a>). The earth's barrenness is a call to repentance and realignment with God's priorities, particularly the rebuilding of the temple, which foreshadows the coming of Christ, the true temple (<a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/haggai.htm">Haggai</a></b><br>A prophet sent by God to encourage the Israelites to rebuild the temple after their return from Babylonian exile.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zerubbabel.htm">Zerubbabel</a></b><br>The governor of Judah during this time, tasked with leading the reconstruction efforts.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/joshua.htm">Joshua</a></b><br>The high priest who worked alongside Zerubbabel in the rebuilding of the temple.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Judah who returned from exile and were responsible for rebuilding the temple.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city where the temple was to be rebuilt, central to Jewish worship and identity.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/prioritizing_god's_work.htm">Prioritizing God's Work</a></b><br>The Israelites faced agricultural hardship because they neglected the temple. We must prioritize God's work in our lives to experience His blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites experienced physical consequences for their spiritual neglect, we too can face consequences when we ignore God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nature.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nature</a></b><br>The withholding of dew and crops demonstrates God's control over nature, reminding us that He is the ultimate provider.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_and_physical_connection.htm">Spiritual and Physical Connection</a></b><br>Our spiritual state can affect our physical circumstances. We should examine our lives to ensure we are aligned with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The call to rebuild the temple is also a call to repentance and restoration, encouraging us to return to God and His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_haggai_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Haggai 1</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><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_rev_10_1's_angel_compare_to_others.htm">How does the portrayal of an angel descending from heaven with a rainbow (Revelation 10:1) align with other biblical visions that depict heavenly beings differently?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_elijah_change_weather_by_prayer.htm">In James 5:17-18, how could Elijah influence weather events by prayer alone without any observable natural explanation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_christ's_return.htm">In 2 Thessalonians 1:10, is there any historical or scientific basis for Christ's return with heavenly power?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/haggai/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Over you.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">on your account.</span>--<span class= "ital">Scil.,</span> because of the neglect of God's House, mentioned in <a href="/haggai/1-9.htm" title="You looked for much, and, see it came to little; and when you brought it home, I did blow on it. Why? said the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and you run every man to his own house.">Haggai 1:9</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/haggai/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Over you.</span> This would be a reference to <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23</a>. But the preposition is probably not local, but means rather, "on your account," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> on account of your sin, as <a href="/psalms/44-22.htm">Psalm 44:22</a>. This is not tautological after the preceding "therefore," but more closely defines and explains the illative. <span class="cmt_word">Is stayed from dew;</span> <span class="accented">hath stayed itself from dew</span>; withholds not only rain, but even dew (comp. <a href="/zechariah/8-12.htm">Zechariah 8:12</a>). On the importance of dew in the climate of Palestine, see note on Micah 5:7. The dews generally are remarkably heavy, and in the summer months take the place of rain. Dr. Thomson speaks of the dew rolling in the morning off his tent like rain ('Land and the Book,' p. 491). <span class="cmt_word">The earth is stayed from her fruit;</span> <span class="accented">hath stayed her fruit</span>; according to the threat (<a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Deuteronomy 11:17</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/haggai/1-10.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">Therefore,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on account of you</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the heavens</span><br /><span class="heb">שָמַ֖יִם‪‬‪‬‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have withheld</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּלְא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(kā·lə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3607.htm">Strong's 3607: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, restrain, withhold</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their dew</span><br /><span class="heb">מִטָּ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(miṭ·ṭāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2919.htm">Strong's 2919: </a> </span><span class="str2">Night mist, dew</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָאָ֖רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has withheld</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּלְאָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(kā·lə·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3607.htm">Strong's 3607: </a> </span><span class="str2">To shut up, restrain, withhold</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its crops.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְבוּלָֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·ḇū·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2981.htm">Strong's 2981: </a> </span><span class="str2">Produce, a crop, wealth</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/haggai/1-10.htm">OT Prophets: Haggai 1:10 Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold (Hagg. 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