Haggai 1:11
“And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →God declares that He summoned a drought over land and mountains, grain, wine, and oil, over people, livestock, and all their labor.
What Does Haggai 1:11 Mean?
The verse widens the scope of verse 10 into a sweeping list: every sphere of life touched by the lack. The staples of the agrarian economy—corn, new wine, oil—are named, along with the people and animals who depend on them. The drought is comprehensive, reaching ‘all the labour of the hands.’
The breadth of the list makes a point: when God is displaced from the center, the effects ripple everywhere. Nothing is too small or too daily to fall under His notice. Yet the very fact that He ‘called for’ the drought means it is not beyond His control—it is a summons He can also revoke. The Lord who governs the rain governs the harvest of the heart, and He withholds only to turn His people back to the abundance He longs to give.