Haggai 1:10 (YLT)

Passage

Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.

Nearby Context

Haggai 1:8 Go up the mountain, and ye have brought in wood, And build the house, and I am pleased with it. And I am honoured, said Jehovah.

Haggai 1:9 Looking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought <FI>it<Fi> home, and I blew on it, Wherefore? --an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running--each to his house,

Haggai 1:10 Therefore, over you refrained have the heavens from dew, And the land hath refrained its increase.

Haggai 1:11 And I proclaim draught on the land, And on the mountains, and on the corn, And on the new wine, and on the oil, And on what the ground doth bring forth, And on man, and on beast, And on all labour of the hands.'

Haggai 1:12 And Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Joshua son of Josedech, the high priest, and all the remnant of the people, do hearken to the voice of Jehovah their God, and unto the words of Haggai the prophet, as Jehovah their God had sent him, and the people are afraid of the face of Jehovah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "over", "refrained", "heavens", "land", "hath", and "increase". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "over", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "Looking for much and lo little And..." into verse 11's "And I proclaim draught on the land...", so "therefore" and "over" 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 "therefore" and "over" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.