Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 26:19
19I will break your pride of power. I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.
Leviticus 26:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
- New International Version (NIV)I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.
Context of Leviticus 26:19
17I will set My face against you and you will be routed before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you. 18“If you, in spite of these things, will not listen to Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins. I will break your pride of power. I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze. 20Also your strength will be spent in vain, for your land will not yield its increase, nor will the trees of the land yield their fruit. 21“If you keep walking contrary to Me and will not listen to Me, then I will multiply the plagues on you seven times like your sins.
Read all of Leviticus 26Leviticus 26:19 word by word
וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן עֻזְּכֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־שְׁמֵיכֶם֙ כַּבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְאֶֽת־אַרְצְכֶ֖ם כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And I will breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
- the prideגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
- of your powerעֹז‛ôz ‛ôz · strengthH5797
- and I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
- your heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- as ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
- and your earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
- as brassנְחוּשָׁהnechûshâh nechûshâh · bronzeH5154
Cross-references for Leviticus 26:19
- 1 Samuel 4:3When the people came back to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did Adonai bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let’s fetch the ark of the covenant of Adonai from Shiloh that He may come among us and deliver us from the hand of our enemies.”
- Isaiah 2:12For the day of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be against anyone proud and haughty, against anyone lifted up—he will be humbled,
- Isaiah 25:11When he spreads his hands in it as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim, his pride will be brought down low together with the trickery of his hands.
- Isaiah 26:5For He humbles those dwelling on high, leveling the lofty city, leveling it to the ground, bringing it down to the dust.
- Jeremiah 13:9thus says Adonai: “Just so I will mar the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 7:24I will bring the wicked of the nations. They will possess their houses. So I will end the pride of the strong, when their holy places are profaned.
- Ezekiel 30:6Thus says Adonai Elohim: “Those who support Egypt will fall. The pride of her power will collapse. From Migdol to Syene they will fall within her by the sword.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
- Zephaniah 3:11On that day you will not be ashamed because of all your deeds by which you rebelled against Me. For then I will remove from your midst your proud, arrogant ones, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
- Deuteronomy 28:23Your sky above your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
- 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, one of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab: “As Adonai God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be no dew or rain these years, except at my word.”
- Jeremiah 14:1The word of Adonai that came to Jeremiah concerning the droughts:
- Luke 4:25But with all truthfulness I say to you, that there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was closed for three and a half years and there came a great famine over all the land.
Commentaries on Leviticus 26:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-45Verses 3-45 As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Leviticus 26:4 Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons, called…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-39Verses 14-39 After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two things would bring ruin. 1. A contempt of God's commandments. They that reject the precept, will come at last to renounce the covenant. 2. A contempt of his corrections. If they will not learn obedience by the things they suffer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20If God does not send rain, the ground will become hard and unproductive.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass--No figures could have been employed to convey a better idea of severe and long-continued famine.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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