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20 Your strength will be wasted because the land you work will not yield its crops, and the trees you plant will not bear fruit.

21 And if, after all this, you still rebel against Me and fail to listen to Me, I will strike you until you have paid seven times for your sins. 22 I will unleash ravenous wild beasts against you, and they will deprive you of your children and destroy your livestock; before long your numbers will dwindle and your busy roads will be deserted.

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20 Your strength will be spent in vain,(A) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.(B)

21 “‘If you remain hostile(C) toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over,(D) as your sins deserve. 22 I will send wild animals(E) against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few(F) in number that your roads will be deserted.(G)

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