Haggai 2:15 Commentary and Bible Study

Haggai reminds them of the day – they have been complaining about it – that their harvests didn't come in, and the crops wouldn't keep, and the animals didn't reproduce, and nothing could be preserved. The Lord says, ‘I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD.’ Now consider this: at least you have worked for me, he says. You need to be spiritually minded; you have got to make progress, but at least you have made a start: you worked for me. These verses urge them to turn to the Lord with all their hearts and to continue with the work, as they have started to do in response to Haggai’s word.