Hag 1:9 | TNotes | STEP | 1:9 I blew it away: The Lord destroyed the harvest because the people’s priorities were wrong—they thought only of themselves rather than of God. • says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: The “God-as-speaker formula,” which often closes a prophecy (1:13 ; 2:8 , 17 , 23 ), verified Haggai’s message as the sure word of God.

‏ Haggai 1:9

1:9 ^a I blew it away: The Lord destroyed the harvest because the people’s priorities were wrong—they thought only of themselves rather than of God.

• says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies: The “God-as-speaker formula,” which often closes a prophecy (1:13 ^b; 2:8 ^c, 17 ^d, 23 ^e), verified Haggai’s message as the sure word of God.