Haggai 1:7 (LSB)

Passage

Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Set your heart to consider your ways!

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:5 So now, thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Set your heart to consider your ways!

Haggai 1:6 You have sown much, but bring in little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”

Haggai 1:7 Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Set your heart to consider your ways!

Haggai 1:8 Go up to the mountains and bring wood and rebuild the house of God, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified,” says Yahweh.

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.

Study Lenses

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

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