Hāgāishū 2:17

17 Zaì nǐmen shǒu xià de gèyàng gōngzuò shang , wǒ yǐ hàn fēng , méi làn , bīngbaó , gōngjī nǐmen . nǐmen réng bù guī xiàng wǒ . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .

Hāgāishū 2:17 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 2:17

I smote you with blasting
That is, their fields and vineyards, with burning winds, which consumed them; with blights by east winds: this shows the reason of their disappointment, and that it was from the Lord, and for their sins, by way of chastisement and correction: and with mildew;
a kind of clammy dew, which corrupts and destroys the fruits of the earth; and is a kind of jaundice to them, as the word signifies; see ( Amos 4:9 ) : and with hail;
which battered down the corn and the vines, and broke them to pieces; see ( Exodus 9:25 ) : in all the labours of your hands;
in the corn they sowed, and in the vines they planted: yet ye [turned] not to me, saith the Lord;
did not consider their evil ways as the cause of all this; nor repent of them, and turn from them to the Lord; to his worship, as the Targum; or to the building of his house, the thing chiefly complained of. Afflictions, unless sanctified, have no effect upon men to turn them from their sins to the Lord.

Hāgāishū 2:17 In-Context

15 Xiànzaì nǐmen yào zhuī xiǎng , cǐ rì yǐqián , Yēhéhuá de diàn , méiyǒu yī kuaì shítou lĕi zaì shítou shang de guāngjǐng .

16 Zaì nà yīqiè rìzi , yǒu rén lái dào gǔ duī , xiǎng dé èr shí dòu , zhǐ dé le shí dǒu . yǒu rén lái dào jiǔ chí , xiǎng dé wǔ shí Tǒng , zhǐ dé le èr shí Tǒng .

17 Zaì nǐmen shǒu xià de gèyàng gōngzuò shang , wǒ yǐ hàn fēng , méi làn , bīngbaó , gōngjī nǐmen . nǐmen réng bù guī xiàng wǒ . zhè shì Yēhéhuá shuō de .

18 Nǐmen yào zhuī xiǎng cǐ rì yǐqián , jiù shì cóng zhè jiǔ yuè èr shí sì rì qǐ , zhuī xiǎng dào lì Yēhéhuá diàn gēnjī de rìzi .

19 Cāng lǐ yǒu gǔ zhòng ma . pútàoshù , wúhuāguǒ shù , shíliu shù , gǎnlǎn shù dōu méiyǒu jié guǒzi . cóng jīnrì qǐ , wǒ bì cì fú yǔ nǐmen .