19 And I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heaven as [a]iron, and your earth as brass:

20 And your [b]strength shall be spent in vain: neither shall your land give her increase, neither shall the trees of the land give their fruit.

21 ¶ And if ye walk [c]stubbornly against me, and will not obey me, I will then bring seven times more plagues upon you, according to your sins.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:19 Ye shall have drought and barrenness, Hag. 1:10.
  2. Leviticus 26:20 Or, labor.
  3. Leviticus 26:21 Or as some read, by fortune, imputing my plagues to chance and fortune.

19 I will break down your stubborn pride(A) and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.(B) 20 Your strength will be spent in vain,(C) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.(D)

21 “‘If you remain hostile(E) toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over,(F) as your sins deserve.

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