Hag 1:6 | TNotes | STEP | 1:6 eat ... drink ... put on clothes: Each of these conveys continuous action (i.e., you keep filling your plates ... you keep drinking and drinking ... you put on layer after layer of clothes), heightening the sense of futility. • pockets filled with holes (literally a pierced bag ): The image depicts the loss of wages. Many families faced poverty despite their steady labors.

‏ Haggai 1:6

1:6 ^a eat ... drink ... put on clothes: Each of these conveys continuous action (i.e., you keep filling your plates ... you keep drinking and drinking ... you put on layer after layer of clothes), heightening the sense of futility.

• pockets filled with holes (literally a pierced bag): The image depicts the loss of wages. Many families faced poverty despite their steady labors.