Leviticus 26:20

and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

21'And if ye walk with Me [in] opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins,

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Cross References

Genesis 4:12when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee — a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'

Deuteronomy 11:17and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and He hath restrained the heavens, and there is no rain, and the ground doth not give her increase, and ye have perished hastily from off the good land which Jehovah is giving to you.

Deuteronomy 28:38'Much seed thou dost take out into the field, and little thou dost gather in, for the locust doth consume it;

1 Kings 18:2and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

Psalms 107:34A fruitful land becometh a barren place, For the wickedness of its inhabitants.

Isaiah 17:11In the day thy plant thou causest to become great, And in the morning thy seed makest to flourish, A heap [is] the harvest in a day of overflowing, And of mortal 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 →

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