"And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the lan…" — Leviticus 26:20

Leviticus 26:20 · 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.”

— Leviticus 26:20

Verse 19

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

Verse 21

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. {contrary...: or, at all adventures with me}

Leviticus 26 — Context

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

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.

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. {contrary...: or, at all adventures with me}

I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your {high} ways shall be desolate.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 11:17

And {then} the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and {lest} ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

Psalms 127:1

[A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh {but} in vain. {for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}

Isaiah 49:4

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: {yet} surely my judgment {is} with the LORD, and my work with my God. {my work: or, my reward}

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, {is it} not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? {for...: or, in vain?}

Leviticus 26:4

Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:42

All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. {consume: or, possess}

Psalms 107:34

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. {barrenness: Heb. saltiness}

1 Corinthians 3:6

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.