Haggai 1:11 (LSB)

Passage

And I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.”

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:9 “You look for much, but behold, it comes to little; and you bring it home, and I blow it away. Why?” declares Yahweh of hosts, “Because of My house which lies waste, while each of you runs to his own house.

Haggai 1:10 Therefore, because of you the sky has restrained its dew and the earth has restrained its produce.

Haggai 1:11 And I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands.”

Haggai 1:12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, listened to the voice of Yahweh their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as Yahweh their God had sent him. And the people feared Yahweh.

Haggai 1:13 Then Haggai, the messenger of Yahweh, spoke by the commissioned message of Yahweh to the people saying, “‘I am with you,’ declares Yahweh.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "drought", "land", "mountains", "grain", "wine", "ground", and "brings". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "drought", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Therefore because of you the sky has..." into verse 12's "Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and...", so "called" and "drought" 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 "called" and "drought" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.