Haggai 1:10

Modern

Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

Traditional

Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

Literal

Upon thus, the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.

Latin

Propter hoc super vos prohibiti sunt cæli ne darent rorem, et terra prohibita est ne daret germen suum:

Hebrew

English

Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.

The first message urges the people of Jerusalem to restore proper worship of God.

Theme notes and profiles

1 Kings 8:35
When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
Leviticus 26:19
I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
Deuteronomy 28:23–24
The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
Joel 1:18–20
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
Jeremiah 14:1–6
This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
Hosea 2:9
Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.