Leviticus 26:20 (YLT)

Passage

and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:18 `And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, --then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;

Leviticus 26:19 and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

Leviticus 26:20 and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

Leviticus 26:21 `And if ye walk with Me <FI>in<Fi> opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins,

Leviticus 26:22 and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "consumed", "hath", "been", "strength", "vain", "land", "doth", and "give". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "consumed" and "hath", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "and I have broken the pride of..." into verse 21's "And if ye walk with Me FI...", so "consumed" and "hath" 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 "consumed" and "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.