Reference

Haggai 1:7

Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
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Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

6

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

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Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

8

Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.

9

Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

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The verse is a general exhortation to introspection and consideration of one's actions, not a description of a prophetic event, literal or otherwise. It lacks any predictive element.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse explicitly states "Thus saith the Lord of hosts," indicating the *source* of the message, but it does not describe *how* that message was communicated to Haggai (e.g., through a dream, vision, or audible voice). The phrase simply introduces the divine utterance without detailing the prophetic method.