¹⁸“But if after these things you will not obey me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins.^a ¹⁹I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, ²⁰and your strength will be used up for nothing.^b Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

²¹“If you act with hostility toward me and are unwilling to obey me, I will multiply your plagues seven times for your sins.^c ²²I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.^d

²³“If in spite of these things you do not accept my discipline, but act with hostility toward me, ²⁴then I will act with hostility toward you; I also will strike you seven times for your sins. ²⁵I will bring a sword against you^e to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands. ²⁶When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.^f

²⁷“And if in spite of this you do not obey me but act with hostility toward me, ²⁸I will act with furious hostility toward you; I will also discipline you seven times for your sins.

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Cross references

a Gn 4:15,24; Heb 12:4–11
b Dt 28:23; Am 4:7–8
c Gn 4:15,24
d Dt 32:24; Jdg 5:6; Is 33:8; Lm 1:1–4; Ezk 14:15; Zch 7:14
e Ezk 14:21
f Is 3:1; Ezk 4:16; 14:13; Am 4:6; Mc 6:14