Haggai 2:18 (YLT)

Passage

Set <FI>it<Fi> , I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth <FI>month<Fi> , even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set <FI>it<Fi> to your heart.

Nearby Context

Haggai 2:16 From that time <FI>one<Fi> hath come to a heap of twenty, And it hath been ten, He hath come unto the wine-fat to draw out fifty purahs, And it hath been twenty.

Haggai 2:17 I have smitten you with blasting, And with mildew, and with hail--All the work of your hands, And there is none of you with Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

Haggai 2:18 Set <FI>it<Fi> , I pray you, to your heart, from this day and onwards, from the twenty and fourth day of the ninth <FI>month<Fi> , even from the day that the temple of Jehovah hath been founded, set <FI>it<Fi> to your heart.

Haggai 2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? And hitherto the vine and the fig, And the pomegranate, and the olive-tree, Have not borne--from this day I bless.'

Haggai 2:20 And there is a word of Jehovah a second time unto Haggai, on the twenty and fourth of the month, saying:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "pray", "heart", "onwards", "twenty", "fourth", "ninth", "month", and "even". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "pray" and "heart", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "I have smitten you with blasting And..." into verse 19's "Is the seed yet in the barn...", so "pray" and "heart" 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 "pray" and "heart" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.