Haggai 1:10 KJV — MannaFest

Haggai 1:10

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

KJV

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ASV

Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

Therefore over you the heavens withhold their dew, and the earth withholdeth its fruit.

About this book

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Haggai — Two chapters prodding the returned exiles back to the Temple project. Four dated oracles in one year — short, sharp, and effective.

Author: Haggai the prophet (1:1)
Date: The second year of Darius (520 BC); four oracles across three months

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11 verses on the floor

1 Kings 8:35
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
Leviticus 26:19
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Zechariah 8:12
For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Deuteronomy 28:23–24
And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

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): The heaven over you is stayed from dew; he that has the key of the clouds in his hands shut them up, and withheld the rain when the ground called for it, the former or the latter rain, and then of course the earth is stayed from her fruit; for, if the heaven be as brass, the earth is as iron.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

The good success of this sermon, appearing in the people's return and close application to that work, wherein the prophet, in God's name, animated and encouraged them, assuring them that God was with them,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

heaven . . . is stayed from dew--literally, "stays itself." Thus heaven or the sky is personified; implying that inanimate nature obeys Jehovah's will; and, shocked at His people's disobedience, withholds its goods from them (compare Jer 2:12, 13).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

HAG 1:101KI 17:1 LUK 4:25-26
HAG 1:101KI 17:1 JAS 5:17
HAG 1:101KI 17:1 LUK 1:17
HAG 1:10LEV 26:19 DEU 28:23
HAG 1:101KI 17:1 1KI 22:14
HAG 1:101KI 17:1 2KI 3:14
HAG 1:101KI 8:35 LUK 4:25
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
HAG 1:10LEV 26:19 1KI 17:1

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