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Haggai 2:17

Old Testament Minor Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Haggai 2:17 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith Jehovah.
Haggai 2:17 — American Standard Version

Context — Haggai 2

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
14Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
15And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.
16Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty [measures], there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty [vessels], there were but twenty.
17I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith Jehovah.
18Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month], since the day that the foundation of Jehovah`s temple was laid, consider it.
19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless [you].
20And the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai in the four and twentieth [day] of the month, saying,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“I smote you with blasting, etc.] 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 <300409>Amos 4:9): and with hail; which battered down the corn and the vines, and broke them to pieces; (see <020925>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…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Appropriated from Amo 4:9, whose canonicity is thus sealed by Haggai's inspired authority; in the last clause, "turned," however, has to be supplied, its omission marking by the elliptical abruptness ("yet ye not to Me!") God's displeasure. Compare "(let him come) unto Me!" Moses in excitement omitting the bracketed words (Exo 32:26). "Blasting" results from excessive drought; "mildew, from excessive moisture.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“I smote you with blasting and mildew, - two diseases of grain, which Moses had foretold Deuteronomy 28:27. as chastisements on disobedience and God’s infliction, of which Amos had spoken in these self-same words. Amos 4:9. Haggai adds the hail, as destructive of the vines. Psalms 78:47. Yet (And) ye turned you not to Me literally “there were none” - your, (accusative i. e., who turned you unto Me. The words are elliptical, but express the entire absence of conversion, of any who turned to God. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Blessing - Burning, and scorching winds. All the labours - In your plowing and sowing, in planting of olives and vines. Haggai 2:18”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“2:17 Return often signifies repentance. • you refused: The Hebrew people were stubborn and rebellious from the time of Moses (Deut 31:27) to the time of Jesus (Matt 17:17). • blight and mildew: What happened was the result of disobedience to God’s covenant (see Deut 28:22).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“with blasting: Hag 1:9; Gen 42:6, Gen 42:23, Gen 42:27; Deu 28:22; Kg1 8:37; Ch2 6:28; Isa 37:27; Amo 4:9 with hail: Exo 9:18-29; Isa 28:2 in all: Hag 1:11; Psa 78:46; Isa 62:8; Jer 3:24 yet: Ch2 28:22; Job 36:13; Isa 9:13, Isa 42:25; Jer 5:3, Jer 6:16, Jer 6:17, Jer 8:4-7; Hos 7:9, Hos 7:10; Amo 4:8-11; Zac 1:2-4, Zac 7:9-13; Rev 2:21, Rev 9:20, Rev 9:21 Haggai 2:18”
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