Leviticus 26:19 “I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and…”

Leviticus 26:19

I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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:

World English Bible

I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like bronze.

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;

Geneva Bible 1599

And I wil breake the pride of your power, and I will make your heauen as yron, and your earth as brasse:

Darby Translation

and I will break the arrogance of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze,

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;

Bible in Basic English

And the pride of your strength will be broken, and I will make your heaven as iron and your earth as brass;

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Cross references

“will break”

Isaiah 25:11 1 Samuel 4:11 Jeremiah 13:9 Ezekiel 30:6 Daniel 4:37 Zephaniah 3:11

Isaiah 25:11 · BSB

He will spread out his hands within it, as a swimmer spreads his arms to swim. His pride will be brought low, despite the skill of his hands.

1 Samuel 4:11 · BSB

The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Jeremiah 13:9 · BSB

“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 30:6 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: The allies of Egypt will fall, and her proud strength will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Lord GOD.

Daniel 4:37 · BSB

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

Zephaniah 3:11 · BSB

On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My h…

“make”

Deuteronomy 28:23 1 Kings 17:1 Jeremiah 14:1–6 Luke 4:25

Deuteronomy 28:23 · BSB

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

1 Kings 17:1 · BSB

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”

Jeremiah 14:1–6 · BSB

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:

Luke 4:25 · BSB

But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

20and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

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