Haggai 2:18 (WEB)

Passage

‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was laid, consider it.

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:16 Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty, there were only twenty.

Haggai 2:17 I struck you with blight, mildew, and hail in all the work of your hands; yet you didn’t turn to me,’ says Yahweh.

Haggai 2:18 ‘Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh’s temple was laid, consider it.

Haggai 2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven’t produced. From today I will bless you.’”

Haggai 2:20 Yahweh’s word came the second time to Haggai in the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "consider", "please", "backward", "twenty-fourth", "ninth", "month", "since", and "foundation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "consider" and "please", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "I struck you with blight mildew and..." into verse 19's "Is the seed yet in the barn...", so "consider" and "please" 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 "consider" and "please" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.