KJV King James Version
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
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Leviticus 26:19
And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,
WEB World English Bible
I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass;
ASV American Standard Version
And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 26
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 against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
20 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.
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.
22 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.
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וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖יH7665 · sha.varto breakאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּא֣וֹןH1347 · ga.onprideעֻזְּכֶ֑םH5797 · ozstrengthוְנָתַתִּ֤יH5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמֵיכֶם֙H8064 · sha.ma.yimheavenכַּבַּרְזֶ֔לH1270 · bar.zelironוְאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]אַרְצְכֶ֖םH776 · e.retsland: country/planetכַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃H5154 · ne.chu.shahbronze
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 28:23And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that [is] under thee [shall be] iron.1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.Jeremiah 13:9Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.Zephaniah 3:11In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.Isaiah 25:11And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth [his hands] to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.Ezekiel 30:6Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.Luke 4:25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;Jeremiah 14:1-6The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.Daniel 4:37Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works [are] truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.1 Samuel 4:11And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.Ezekiel 7:24Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.Isaiah 26:5For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, [even] to the ground; he bringeth it [even] to the dust.1 Samuel 4:3And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.Isaiah 2:12For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
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