Leviticus 26:20

20 And your strength shall be consumed {in vain}; and your land shall not give its produce, and the land's trees shall not give their 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 " 'And if in spite of these [things] you do not listen to me, then I will continue to discipline you seven times for your sins.

19 And I will break the pride of your strength; and I will make your heaven like iron and your land like copper.

20 And your strength shall be consumed {in vain}; and your land shall not give its produce, and the land's trees shall not give their fruit.

21 " 'And if you go against me [in] hostility and you are not willing to listen to me, then I will add a plague onto you seven times according to your sins.

22 And I will send {wild animals} out among you, and they shall make you childless, and they shall cut down your domestic animals, and they shall make you fewer; and your roads shall be desolate.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to the emptiness"