Hag 1:5 | TNotes | STEP | 1:5 Look at what’s happening to you (literally Set your heart on these matters ): For the Hebrews, the heart is the place where thinking, feeling, and willing all occur. So this command (also 1:7 ; 2:15 , 18 ) calls upon the people to think carefully and draw the proper conclusions about the connection between what’s happening to them (drought and poverty, 1:6 ) and their failure to restore proper worship of the Lord (1:8-9 ).

‏ Haggai 1:5

1:5 ^a Look at what’s happening to you (literally Set your heart on these matters): For the Hebrews, the heart is the place where thinking, feeling, and willing all occur. So this command (also 1:7 ^b; 2:15 ^c, 18 ^d) calls upon the people to think carefully and draw the proper conclusions about the connection between what’s happening to them (drought and poverty, 1:6 ^e) and their failure to restore proper worship of the Lord (1:8-9 ^f).