Haggai 1:7 (GNV)

Passage

Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

Nearby Context

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.

Haggai 1:9 Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to litle: and when ye brought it home, I did blowe vpon it. And why, sayth the Lord of hostes? Because of mine House that is waste, and ye runne euery man vnto his owne house.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "sayth", "lord", "hostes", "consider", "owne", "wayes", and "hearts". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "sayth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Ye haue sowen much and bring in..." into verse 8's "Goe vp to the mountaine and bring...", so "thus" and "sayth" 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 "sayth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.