Haggai 1:11 meaning and explanation

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.”

Haggai 1:11, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

The LORD is speaking through the prophet Haggai to the returned exiles in Jerusalem, around 520 BC. The people had delayed rebuilding the temple while finishing their own houses, so God explains why their efforts kept failing.

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