Bible Strands
Haggai 1:10
Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through the prophet Haggai to the returned exiles in Judah, addressing their neglect of rebuilding the temple while prioritizing their own homes.
The words — The Hebrew כָּלְאוּ (kal'u) and כָּלְאָה (kal'ah) both translate as "withheld," directly naming the heavens and earth as the agents stopping dew and crops.
The thread — This agricultural withholding parallels covenant curses in Leviticus 26:19, Deuteronomy 28:23, and 1 Kings 8:35, where drought functions as a direct response to covenant violation.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that physical scarcity is a direct consequence of misplaced priorities, demanding immediate realignment of labor toward God's house.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 8:35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
- Leviticus 26:19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
- Deuteronomy 28:23 The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
- 1 Kings 17:1 Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
- Joel 1:18 How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
- Jeremiah 14:1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
- Hosea 2:9 Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.