John Trapp on Haggai 1:3

Verſe 3. Then came the Word of the Lord &c.] Then after a ſhort ſilence, as it were,Ribera. profertur Domini quaſi cogitata reſponſio followes the Lords elaborate and deliberate anſwer, not without ſome touch of holy tartneſſe, at their ingratitude: for, of all things, God can leaſt endure to be ſlighted, where he hath better deſerved. He looks upon ſuch with anger, being grieved at the hardneſſe of their hearts, Mark 3.5. He complains of ſuch with a ſigh; Ah ſinfull nation, Iſa. 1.4. he is ready to rid his ſtomack of them, verſe 24. Ah, I will eaſe me &c.