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Haggai: An Expositional Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

As in the days of Haggai, excuses for apathy are shamelessly voiced, blind eyes are turned to the judgments of God, and defiled hearts sink into unfaithfulness. And yet the LORD Almighty remains faithful to his people and true to his word. Through repeated trials he calls the backslider to repentance, with timely encouragements and gracious promises he strengthens the downhearted, and for his own...

sense as denoting the beginning of that period of blessing which was to reward the obedience and devotion now displayed by the people. This verse demonstrates two principles: God’s blessing is the only cause of fruitfulness (cf. James 1:17) and obedience to his commandments is rewarded.
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