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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Haggai 1:9 - 1:9
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Ye looked for much - literally, “looked” so as to turn your eyes “to much.” The Hebrew infinitive here expresses continued looking. Ye hoped to have your store made “much” by neglecting the temple. The greater was your greediness, the more bitter your disappointment in being poorer than ever.
when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it - even the little crop brought into your barns I dissipated. “I did blow upon,” that is, I scattered and caused to perish with My mere breath, as scattered and blighted corn.
mine house ... his own house - in emphatic antithesis.
ye run - expressing the keenness of everyone of them in pursuing their own selfish interests. Compare “run,” Psa 119:32; Pro 1:16, contrasted with their apathy about God’s house.