Leviticus 26:20

20 you will spend your strength in vain, because the land will not yield its produce or the trees in the field 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 If these things don't make you listen to me, then I will discipline you seven times over for your sins.

19 I will break the pride you have in your own power. I will make your sky like iron, your soil like bronze -

20 you will spend your strength in vain, because the land will not yield its produce or the trees in the field their fruit.

21 "'Yes, if you go against me and don't listen to me, I will increase your calamities sevenfold, according to your sins.

22 I will send wild animals among you; they will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock and reduce your numbers, until your roads are deserted.