Haggai 1:7 (ASV)

Passage

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.

Nearby Context

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.

Haggai 1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

Haggai 1:9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith Jehovah of hosts. Because of my house that lieth waste, while ye run every man to his own house.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Ye have sown much and bring in..." into verse 8's "Go up to the mountain and bring...", so "thus" and "saith" 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 "thus" and "saith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.