Haggai 1:6 (GNV)

Passage

Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:4 Is it time for your selues to dwell in your sieled houses, and this House lie waste?

Haggai 1:5 Now therefore thus saith ye Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

Haggai 1:6 Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

Haggai 1:7 Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

Haggai 1:8 Goe vp to the mountaine, and bring wood, and build this House, and I wil be fauourable in it, and I will be glorified, sayth the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "haue", "sowen", "much", "bring", "litle", "eate", and "ynough". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "haue" and "sowen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Now therefore thus saith ye Lord of..." into verse 7's "Thus sayth the Lord of hostes Consider...", so "haue" and "sowen" 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 "haue" and "sowen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.