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Leviticus 26:20

18 And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

21 If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

22 I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
KJV
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
WEB
Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.
ASV
and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
DARBY
and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
BLB
And your⁺ power shall be spent in vain, and your⁺ land shall not yield its produce, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
ÅB
Til ingen nytte skal dere fortære deres kraft, og deres land skal ikke gi sin grøde, og trærne i landet skal ikke gi sin frukt.
OTB
Deres styrke vil bli brukt forgjeves, for deres land vil ikke gi sin grøde, og trærne i landet vil ikke gi sin frukt.
B1930
Til ingen nytte skal I fortære eders kraft, og eders land skal ikke gi sin grøde, og trærne i landet skal ikke gi sin frukt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 11:17

    or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.

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  • Psalms 127:1

    Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

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  • Isaiah 49:4

    But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

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  • Leviticus 26:4

    I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.

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  • Habakkuk 2:13

    Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

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  • Haggai 1:9–11

    You expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.

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  • Haggai 2:16

    from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.

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  • Galatians 4:11

    I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.

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