¹⁸“ ‘If after all this you still do not obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins. ¹⁹I will break your great pride, and I will make the sky like iron and the earth like bronze. ⁿ ²⁰You will work hard, but it will not help. Your land will not grow any crops, and your trees will not give their fruit.

²¹“ ‘If you still turn against me and refuse to obey me, I will beat you seven times harder. The more you sin, the more you will be punished. ²²I will send wild animals to attack you, and they will take your children away from you and destroy your cattle. They will make you so few in number the roads will be empty.

²³“ ‘If you don’t learn your lesson after all these things, and if you still turn against me, ²⁴I will also turn against you. I will punish you seven more times for your sins. ²⁵You broke my agreement, and I will punish you. I will bring armies against you, and if you go into your cities for safety, I will cause diseases to spread among you so that your enemy will defeat you. ²⁶There will be very little bread to eat; ten women will be able to cook all your bread in one oven. They will measure each piece of bread, and you will eat, but you will still be hungry.

²⁷“ ‘If you still refuse to listen to me and still turn against me, ²⁸I will show my great anger; I will punish you seven more times for your sins.

Read in Logos

Footnotes

nsky … bronze This means the sky will give no rain and the earth will produce no crops.