Haggai 1 · Verse 11

Haggai 1:11

And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
Haggai 1:11, King James Version

Haggai 1:11 in other translations

BSBI 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.”
WEBI called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground produces, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands.”
ASVAnd I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the grain, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.
YLTAnd I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.'
DARBYAnd I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon man, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.
BBEAnd by my order no rain came on the land or on the mountains or the grain or the wine or the oil or the produce of the earth or on men or cattle or on any work of man's hands.
WebsterAnd I called for a drouth upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labor of the hands.

What does Haggai 1:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. I called--what the "heaven" and "earth," the second causes, were said to do (Hag 1:10), being the visible instruments, Jehovah, in this verse, the invisible first cause, declares to be His doing. He "calls for" famine, &c., as instruments of His wrath (2Ki 8:1; Psa 105:16). The contrast is striking between the prompt obedience of these material agencies, and the slothful disobedience of living men, His people. drought--Hebrew, Choreb, like in sound to Chareeb, "waste" (Hag 1:4, 9), said of God's house; implying the correspondence between the sin and its punishment. Ye have let My house be waste, and I will send on all that is yours a wasting drought. This would affect not merely the "corn," &c., but also "men" and "cattle," who must perish in the absence of the "corn," &c., lost by the drought. labour of the hands--all the fruits of lands, gardens, and vineyards, obtained by labor of the hands (De 28:33; Psa 78:46).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Haggai 1:1-11

Observe the sin of the Jews, after their return from captivity in Babylon. Those employed for God may be driven from their work by a storm, yet they must go back to it. They did not say that they would not build a temple, but, Not yet. Thus men do not say they will never repent and reform, and be religious, but, Not yet. And so the great business we were sent into the world to do, is not done. There is a proneness…

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Haggai 1:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וָאֶקְרָ֨אva.'ek.Ra'and I have summonedH7121
חֹ֜רֶבCho.reva droughtH2721
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
הֶהָרִ֗יםhe.ha.Rimthe mountainsH2022
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
הַדָּגָן֙ha.da.Ganthe grainH1715
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
הַתִּיר֣וֹשׁha.ti.Ro.oshthe new wineH8492
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
הַיִּצְהָ֔רhai.yitz.Harthe fresh oilH3323
וְעַ֛לve.'Aland onH5921
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher[that] whichH834
תּוֹצִ֖יאto.Tzi'it will bring forthH3318
הָאֲדָמָ֑הha.'a.da.Mahthe groundH127
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
הָֽאָדָם֙ha.'a.Dam<the> humankindH120
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
הַבְּהֵמָ֔הha.be.he.Mahthe livestockH929
וְעַ֖לve.'Aland onH5921
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
יְגִ֥יעַye.Gi.a'[the] toil ofH3018
כַּפָּֽיִם\׃\ \סka.Pa.yimhandsH3709

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Haggai 1:11

  • Haggai 2:17

    I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 28:22

    The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

  • 2 Kings 8:1

    Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

  • 1 Kings 17:1

    And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

  • Amos 5:8

    Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

  • Job 34:29

    When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

  • Amos 7:4

    Thus hath the Lord God shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.

  • Lamentations 1:21

    They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.

  • Amos 9:6

    It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I called.
De 28:22; 1Ki 17:1; 2Ki 8:1; Job 34:29; La 1:21; Am 5:8; 7:4; 9:6
upon all.
2:17

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Context

  • Haggai 1:10

    Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

  • Haggai 1:11

    And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

  • Haggai 1:12

    Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.

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Haggai 1:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y llamé la sequedad sobre esta tierra, y sobre los montes, y sobre el trigo, y sobre el vino, y sobre el aceite, y sobre todo lo que la tierra produce, y sobre los hombres y sobre las bestias, y sobre todo trabajo de manos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et j’ai appelé une sécheresse sur la terre, et sur les montagnes, et sur le blé, et sur le moût, et sur l’huile, et sur ce que le sol rapporte, et sur les hommes et sur les bêtes, et sur tout le travail des mains.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich habe eine Dürre gerufen über das Land und über die Berge, und über das Korn und über den Most und über das Öl, und über das, was der Erdboden hervorbringt, und über die Menschen und über das Vieh, und über alle Arbeit der Hände.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et vocavi siccitatem super terram, et super montes, et super triticum, et super vinum, et super oleum, et quæcumque profert humus, et super homines, et super jumenta, et super omnem laborem manuum.