Haggai 2:16

Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

Cross-reference

Haggai 1:6 Parallel

Haggai 1:6 describes the same poor harvest and economic hardship that Haggai 2:16 recounts, showing consequences of neglecting the temple.

Haggai 1:9-11 gives the cause: God withheld rain because the temple was neglected. This explains the scarcity described.

Proverbs 3:10 promises full barns and vats for honoring God. Haggai 2:16 directly describes the opposite: shortfalls in both grain and wine.

Zechariah 8:10–12 Historical context

Zechariah 8:10-12 recalls the same former days of scarcity and then promises future blessing. It contextualizes the hardship as part of restoration.

Leviticus 26:20 threatens that the land will not yield its increase. Haggai 2:16 shows that covenant curse fulfilled in the diminished harvests.

Deuteronomy 28:16 curses the basket and kneading bowl. Haggai 2:16 shows that curse realized: the heap and vat produced far less than expected.

In Jeremiah 12:13, the same curse appears: sowing wheat but reaping thorns, harvest yields nothing due to God's anger.

In Jeremiah 48:33, joy and wine from the winepress are taken away — mirroring Haggai's wine vat scarcity.

Hosea 2:9 Parallel

In Hosea 2:9, God takes back grain and wine in its season — the same withdrawal of harvest blessings.

Hosea 9:2 Parallel

In Hosea 9:2, threshing floor and wine vat fail to feed — directly echo Haggai's shortage of grain and wine.

Joel 2:19 Contrast

In Joel 2:19, God promises to send grain, wine, and oil — the opposite of Haggai's curse, contrasting judgment with restoration.

Joel 2:22 Contrast

In Joel 2:22, fig tree and vine give full yield — again the opposite of Haggai's scarcity, contrasting judgment with blessing.

Micah 6:14 Parallel

In Micah 6:14, you eat but not be satisfied — similar experience of insufficient harvest and consumption without profit.

In Habakkuk 3:17, fig tree, vine, olive, and fields all fail — the same total crop failure described here.

Malachi 2:2 Contrast

Malachi 2:2 warns of a curse on blessings for disobedience. Haggai 2:16 is a concrete instance of that curse on agricultural produce.