Leviticus 26:19 (LSB)

Passage

I will also break down your pride of strength; I will also give your sky over to become like iron and your earth like bronze.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:17 And I will set My face against you so that you will be defeated before your enemies; and those who hate you will have dominion over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

Leviticus 26:18 If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will discipline you seven times more for your sins.

Leviticus 26:19 I will also break down your pride of strength; I will also give your sky over to become like iron and your earth like bronze.

Leviticus 26:20 And your power will be spent uselessly, for your land will not give forth its produce and the trees of the land will not give forth their fruit.

Leviticus 26:21 ‘If then, you walk in hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "break", "down", "pride", "strength", "give", "over", "become", and "like". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "break" and "down", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "If also after these things you do..." into verse 20's "And your power will be spent uselessly...", so "break" and "down" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "break" and "down" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.