哈該書 1:9

9 你 們 盼 望 多 得 ， 所 得 的 卻 少 ； 你 們 收 到 家 中 ， 我 就 吹 去 。 這 是 為 甚 麼 呢 ？ 因 為 我 的 殿 荒 涼 ， 你 們 各 人 卻 顧 （ 原 文 是 奔 ） 自 己 的 房 屋 。 這 是 萬 軍 之 耶 和 華 說 的 。

哈該書 1:9 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 1:9

Ye looked for much, and, lo, [it came] to little
They looked for a large harvest, and very promising it was for a while; but in the end it came to little; it was a very small crop, very little was reaped and gathered in: or, "in looking", ye looked "to increase" ^F24; your substance; had raised expectations of making themselves and families by their agriculture, and by their plantations of vines and olives, and by their trade and merchandise; and it dwindled away, and came to little or nothing; their riches, instead of being increased, were diminished: and when ye brought [it] home, I did blow upon it;
when they brought into their barns or houses the produce of their land, labour, and merchandise, which was but little, the Lord blew a blast upon that little, and brought rottenness and worms into it, as Jarchi; so that it was not a blessing to them, but a curse. So the Targum interprets it,

``behold, I sent a curse upon it:''

or, "I blew it away" ^F25; as any light thing, straw or stubble, or thistle down, are blown away with a wind; so easily can the Lord, and sometimes he does, strip men of that little substance they have; riches by his orders make themselves wings, and flee away; or he, by one providence or another, blows them away like chaff before the wind: Why? saith the Lord of hosts;
what was the cause and reason of this? which question is put, not on his own account, who full well knew it; but for their sakes, to whom he speaks, that they might be made sensible of it; and in order to that to introduce what follows, which is an answer to the question: because of mine house that [is] waste;
which they suffered to lie waste, and did not concern themselves about the rebuilding of it: this the Lord resented, and for this reason blasted all their labours: and ye run every man unto his own house;
were very eager, earnest, and diligent, in building, beautifying, and adorning their own houses; taking care of their own domestic affairs; sparing no cost nor pains to promote their own secular interest; running in all haste to do any thing and everything to increase their worldly substance; but sat still, were idle and slothful, careless and negligent, about the house of God and the affairs of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (hbrh la) "ad rem augendam", Grotius.
F25 (wb ytxpn) "exsufflo illud", Vatablus; "efflo illud", Junius & Tremellius; "difflo", Piscator; "difflavi", Drusius, Cocceius.

哈該書 1:9 In-Context

7 萬 軍 之 耶 和 華 如 此 說 ： 你 們 要 省 察 自 己 的 行 為 。

8 你 們 要 上 山 取 木 料 ， 建 造 這 殿 ， 我 就 因 此 喜 樂 ， 且 得 榮 耀 。 這 是 耶 和 華 說 的 。

9 你 們 盼 望 多 得 ， 所 得 的 卻 少 ； 你 們 收 到 家 中 ， 我 就 吹 去 。 這 是 為 甚 麼 呢 ？ 因 為 我 的 殿 荒 涼 ， 你 們 各 人 卻 顧 （ 原 文 是 奔 ） 自 己 的 房 屋 。 這 是 萬 軍 之 耶 和 華 說 的 。

10 所 以 為 你 們 的 緣 故 ， 天 就 不 降 甘 露 ， 地 也 不 出 土 產 。

11 我 命 乾 旱 臨 到 地 土 、 山 岡 、 五 穀 、 新 酒 ， 和 油 ， 並 地 上 的 出 產 、 人 民 、 牲 畜 ， 以 及 人 手 一 切 勞 碌 得 來 的 。