Haggai 1:7

7 Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:7 Meaning and Commentary

Haggai 1:7

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider your ways.
] What they have been; what has been the consequence of them; and to what the above things are to be ascribed. This exhortation is repeated, to impress it the more upon their minds; and to denote the importance of it, and the necessity of such a conduct; (See Gill on Haggai 1:5).

Haggai 1:7 In-Context

5 Now therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Consider your ways.

6 Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye are not filled; ye drink, but ye are not satisfied; ye clothe yourselves, but you are not warm; and he that is a hireling receives his wages in a bag with holes.

7 Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, Consider your ways.

8 Go up to the mountain and bring wood and build the house; and I will place my will in her, and I will be glorified, said the LORD.

9 Ye look for much and find little; and when ye lock it up at home, I shall blow upon it. Why? said the LORD of the hosts. Because my house is deserted, and ye run each one of you unto his own house.