Leviticus 26:20
And in vain shall your strength be spent; for your land shall not yield her products, and the tree of the land shall not yield its fruit.
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Genesis 4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength unto thee; fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be on the earth.
Deuteronomy 11:17[For] then the Lord's wrath will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens that there be no rain, and the land will not yield her products; and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth unto you.
Deuteronomy 28:38Much seed wilt thou carry out into the field, yet but little shalt thou gather in; for the locust shall consume it.
1 Kings 18:2And Elijah went to show himself unto Achab; and the famine was grievous in Samaria.
Psalms 107:34A fruitful land into a salty waste, for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.
Isaiah 17:11[Already] on the day that thou plantedst thou causedst to grow, and in the morning thou madest thy seed to blossom; but now fleeth the harvest on the day of disease and of incurable pain.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:15-40
Threatenings. ( b. c. 1490.) 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face… Read the whole commentary →