18 And if ye will not for these things obey me, then will I punish you [a]seven times more, according to your sins,

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:18 That is, more extremely.
  2. Leviticus 26:19 Ye shall have drought and barrenness, Hag. 1:10.
  3. Leviticus 26:20 Or, labor.

18 “‘If after all this you will not listen to me,(A) I will punish(B) you for your sins seven times over.(C) 19 I will break down your stubborn pride(D) and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.(E) 20 Your strength will be spent in vain,(F) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.(G)

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