Leviticus 26:20

20 You will work hard for nothing because your land will produce no crops and the trees will produce no fruit.

Leviticus 26:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain
In endeavouring to till the ground, to plough, or sow, or to dig about the vines or olives, and prune them; for your land shall not yield its increase;
produce corn, and bring forth grass, the one for the use of men, the other for the use of the cattle, and therefore both must starve: neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits;
such as vines, olives, figs, pomegranates which were very plentiful in the land of Judea, and on which they much lived, and on which their more comfortable subsistence at least depended, see ( Habakkuk 3:17 ) ; all this is the reverse of ( Leviticus 26:4 Leviticus 26:5 Leviticus 26:10 ) .

Leviticus 26:20 In-Context

18 "If you still will not listen to me, I will discipline you seven times for your sins.

19 I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.

20 You will work hard for nothing because your land will produce no crops and the trees will produce no fruit.

21 "If you resist and don't listen to me, I will increase the punishment for your sins seven times.

22 I will send wild animals among you. They will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and make you so few that your roads will be deserted.