Haggai 1:5 (ASV)

Passage

Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:3 Then came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Haggai 1:4 Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your ceiled houses, while this house lieth waste?

Haggai 1:5 Now therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

Haggai 1:6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.

Haggai 1:7 Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "thus", "saith", "jehovah", "hosts", "consider", and "ways". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "thus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Is it a time for you yourselves..." into verse 6's "Ye have sown much and bring in...", so "therefore" and "thus" belong inside that flow. In Haggai context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therefore" and "thus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.