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and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will break the pride of your power; I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will also break down your pride of power; and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216I will also break down your pride of power; I will also make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And I will also break down your pride of power; I will also make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I will also break down your pride of strength; I will also give your sky over <i>to become</i> like iron and your earth like bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will break your pride in your power, and I will make your sky like iron [giving no rain and blocking all prayers] and your ground like bronze [hard to plow and yielding no produce].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />until your pride is completely crushed. I will hold back the rain, so the sky above you will be like iron, and the ground beneath your feet will be like copper. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will break your stubborn pride; there will be no rain, and your land will be dry and as hard as iron. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll break your mighty pride. I'll make the heavens to be like iron and the ground like bronze. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like bronze;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like bronze. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as bronze;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I broke the pride of your strength: and I gave your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will break the pride of your stubbornness, and I will make to you the heaven above as iron, and the earth as brass: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will crush the pride in your hardness, and I will give to you heaven above like iron, and the earth below like brass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />to break your proud strength. I will make the sky above you as hard as iron, and your soil as hard as bronze,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will break your proud glory, and I will make your sky like iron and your earth like copper.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven like iron and your earth like brass;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall break the magnificence of your strength and I shall make your skies like iron and your ground like brass:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will break down the haughtiness of your pride; and I will make your heaven iron, and your earth as it were brass.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/26-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7256" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Punishments for Disobedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins. <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7665.htm" title="7665: wə·šā·ḇar·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To break, break in pieces. A primitive root; to burst.">I will break down</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5797.htm" title="5797: ‘uz·zə·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- Strength, might. Or rowz; from azaz; strength in various applications.">your stubborn</a> <a href="/hebrew/1347.htm" title="1347: gə·’ō·wn (N-msc) -- Arrogance, majesty, ornament. From ga'ah; the same as ga'avah.">pride</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: šə·mê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">your sky</a> <a href="/hebrew/1270.htm" title="1270: kab·bar·zel (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Iron. Perhaps from the root of Birzowth; iron; by extension, an iron implement.">like iron</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ar·ṣə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">and your land</a> <a href="/hebrew/5154.htm" title="5154: kan·nə·ḥu·šāh (Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- Copper, bronze. Or nchushah; feminine of nachuwsh; copper.">like bronze,</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>and 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23-24</a></span><br />The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. / The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a></span><br />I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/28-1.htm">Isaiah 28:1-4</a></span><br />Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine. / Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground. / The majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards will be trampled underfoot. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a></span><br />This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: / “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. / The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-24.htm">Ezekiel 7:24</a></span><br />So I will bring the most wicked of nations to take possession of their houses. I will end the pride of the mighty, and their holy places will be profaned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-14.htm">Ezekiel 22:14</a></span><br />Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will act.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7-8</a></span><br />“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-10.htm">Haggai 1:10-11</a></span><br />Therefore, on account of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth has withheld its crops. / I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">2 Chronicles 7:13</a></span><br />If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/107-33.htm">Psalm 107:33-34</a></span><br />He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground, / and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-9.htm">Isaiah 9:9-10</a></span><br />All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say: / “The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/45-9.htm">Isaiah 45:9</a></span><br />Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a></span><br />O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Jeremiah 6:15</a></span><br />Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a></span><br />Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:</p><p class="hdg">will break</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/4-3.htm">1 Samuel 4:3,11</a></b></br> And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/2-12.htm">Isaiah 2:12</a></b></br> For the day of the LORD of hosts <i>shall be</i> upon every <i>one that is</i> proud and lofty, and upon every <i>one that is</i> lifted up; and he shall be brought low:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/25-11.htm">Isaiah 25:11</a></b></br> And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth <i>his hands</i> to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.</p><p class="hdg">make</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23</a></b></br> And thy heaven that <i>is</i> over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that <i>is</i> under thee <i>shall be</i> iron.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/17-1.htm">1 Kings 17:1</a></b></br> And Elijah the Tishbite, <i>who was</i> of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, <i>As</i> the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Jeremiah 14:1-6</a></b></br> The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/james/4-16.htm">Arrogance</a> <a href="/exodus/38-4.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-28.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-28.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-15.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-4.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/exodus/32-13.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/exodus/31-17.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/genesis/4-22.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/exodus/35-34.htm">Power</a> <a href="/exodus/18-11.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/exodus/32-13.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/exodus/18-18.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/exodus/11-10.htm">Stubborn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/1-43.htm">Arrogance</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-18.htm">Beneath</a> <a href="/numbers/16-39.htm">Brass</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/numbers/4-13.htm">Bronze</a> <a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/numbers/31-22.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-37.htm">Power</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-10.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-20.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-37.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-30.htm">Stubborn</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Of idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Reverence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">A blessing to those who keep the commandments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">A curse to those who break them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">God promises to remember those who repent</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/leviticus/26.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>I will break down</b><br />The phrase "I will break down" signifies a divine intervention where God actively dismantles or destroys something. In Hebrew, the root word used here is "שָׁבַר" (shabar), which means to break, shatter, or destroy. This conveys the seriousness of God's response to disobedience. It is a reminder of God's sovereignty and His ability to humble those who exalt themselves against His will. The imagery of breaking down suggests a complete and thorough action, leaving no room for resistance.<p><b>your stubborn pride</b><br />"Stubborn pride" refers to an obstinate and unyielding attitude that refuses to submit to God's authority. The Hebrew word for pride here is "גָּאוֹן" (ga'on), which can also mean arrogance or haughtiness. This pride is not just a personal flaw but a communal sin that affects the entire nation. Historically, Israel's pride often led them to idolatry and rebellion against God. The phrase serves as a warning against the dangers of self-reliance and the importance of humility before God.<p><b>and make your sky like iron</b><br />The imagery of the sky being "like iron" suggests a severe drought, where the heavens are closed, and no rain falls. In the ancient Near East, rain was crucial for agriculture and survival. The Hebrew word for iron, "בַּרְזֶל" (barzel), emphasizes the hardness and impenetrability of the sky, symbolizing God's judgment and the withdrawal of His blessings. This phrase underscores the connection between obedience to God and the prosperity of the land, highlighting the consequences of turning away from Him.<p><b>and your land like bronze</b><br />Similarly, the land being "like bronze" indicates barrenness and infertility. Bronze, "נְחֹשֶׁת" (nechoshet) in Hebrew, is a metal known for its strength and resistance. This metaphor suggests that the ground will be unyielding and unproductive, reflecting the spiritual state of the people. In a historical context, this would have been a devastating punishment for an agrarian society dependent on the land for sustenance. It serves as a powerful reminder of the covenant relationship between God and His people, where faithfulness leads to blessing, and disobedience results in hardship.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">And I will break the pride of your power.</span>--That is, the strength which is the cause of your pride, the wealth which they derive from the abundant harvests mentioned in <a href="/context/leviticus/26-4.htm" title="Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.">Leviticus 26:4-5</a>, as is evident from what follows immediately, where the punishment is threatened against the resources of this power or wealth. Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/30-6.htm" title="Thus said the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, said the Lord GOD.">Ezekiel 30:6</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/33-28.htm" title="For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through.">Ezekiel 33:28</a>.) The authorities during the second Temple, however, took the phrase "the pride of your power" to denote the sanctuary, which is called "the pride of your power" in <a href="/ezekiel/24-21.htm" title="Speak to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left shall fall by the sword.">Ezekiel 24:21</a>. the expression used here, but the identity of which is obliterated in the Authorised Version by rendering the phrase "the excellency of your strength." Hence the Chaldee Versions paraphrase it, "And I will break down the glory of the strength of your sanctuary."<p><span class= "bld">I will make your heaven as iron.</span>--That is, the heaven which is over them shall yield no more rain than if it were of metal. In <a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm" title="And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.">Deuteronomy 28:23</a>, where the same punishment is threatened, and the same figure is used, the metals are reversed, the heaven is brass, and the earth iron. . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/26-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will break down</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·ḇar·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7665.htm">Strong's 7665: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break, break in pieces</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your stubborn</span><br /><span class="heb">עֻזְּכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘uz·zə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5797.htm">Strong's 5797: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, might</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pride</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּא֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(gə·’ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1347.htm">Strong's 1347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arrogance, majesty, ornament</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָתַתִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your sky</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמֵיכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like iron</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּבַּרְזֶ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(kab·bar·zel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1270.htm">Strong's 1270: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iron, an iron implement</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and your land</span><br /><span class="heb">אַרְצְכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ar·ṣə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like bronze,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃</span> <span class="translit">(kan·nə·ḥu·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5154.htm">Strong's 5154: </a> </span><span class="str2">Copper, bronze</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 26:19 I will break the pride of your (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 26:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/26-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 26:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>