Hag 1:9, 2:16 | ESV | STEP | You looked for much , and behold , it came to little . And when you brought it home , I blew it away . Why ? declares the Lord of hosts . Because of my house that lies in ruins , while each of you busies himself with his own house .

a[See ver. 6 above]

c[See ver. 4 above]

Haggai 1:9

9 ^aYou looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, ^bI blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house ^cthat lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

Haggai 2:16

16 how did you fare? ^dWhen ^{▼▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint); Hebrew Lord, since they were. When} one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten. When one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there were but twenty.