Verse 20

and your strength{H3581} shall be spent{H8552} in vain;{H7385} for your land{H776} shall not yield{H5414} its increase,{H2981} neither shall the trees{H6086} of the land{H776} yield{H5414} their fruit.{H6529}

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah{H3068} build{H1129} the house,{H1004} They labor{H5998} in vain{H7723} that build{H1129} it: Except Jehovah{H3068} keep{H8104} the city,{H5892} The watchman{H8104} waketh{H8245} but in vain.{H7723}
  • Isa 49:4 : 4 But I said,{H559} I have labored{H3021} in vain,{H7385} I have spent{H3615} my strength{H3581} for nought{H8414} and vanity;{H1892} yet surely{H403} the justice{H4941} [due] to me is with Jehovah,{H3068} and my recompense{H6468} with my God.{H430}
  • Lev 26:4 : 4 then I will give{H5414} your rains{H1653} in their season,{H6256} and the land{H776} shall yield{H5414} its increase,{H2981} and the trees{H6086} of the field{H7704} shall yield{H5414} their fruit.{H6529}
  • Deut 11:17 : 17 and the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} be kindled{H2734} against you, and he shut up{H6113} the heavens,{H8064} so that there shall be no rain,{H4306} and the land{H127} shall not yield{H5414} its fruit;{H2981} and ye perish{H6} quickly{H4120} from off the good{H2896} land{H776} which Jehovah{H3068} giveth{H5414} you.
  • Deut 28:18 : 18 Cursed{H779} shall be the fruit{H6529} of thy body,{H990} and the fruit{H6529} of thy ground,{H127} the increase{H7698} of thy cattle,{H504} and the young{H6251} of thy flock.{H6629}
  • Deut 28:38-40 : 38 Thou shalt carry{H3318} much{H7227} seed{H2233} out{H3318} into the field,{H7704} and shalt gather{H622} little{H4592} in;{H622} for the locust{H697} shall consume{H2628} it. 39 Thou shalt plant{H5193} vineyards{H3754} and dress{H5647} them, but thou shalt neither drink{H8354} of the wine,{H3196} nor gather{H103} [the grapes]; for the worm{H8438} shall eat{H398} them. 40 Thou shalt have olive-trees{H2132} throughout all thy borders,{H1366} but thou shalt not anoint{H5480} thyself with the oil;{H8081} for thine olive{H2132} shall cast{H5394} [its fruit].
  • Deut 28:42 : 42 All thy trees{H6086} and the fruit{H6529} of thy ground{H127} shall the locust{H6767} possess.{H3423}
  • Job 31:40 : 40 Let thistles{H2336} grow{H3318} instead of wheat,{H2406} And cockle{H890} instead of barley.{H8184} The words{H1697} of Job{H347} are ended.{H8552}
  • Ps 107:34 : 34 A fruitful{H6529} land{H776} into a salt{H4420} desert, For the wickedness{H7451} of them that dwell{H3427} therein.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} that the peoples{H5971} labor{H3021} for the{H1767} fire,{H784} and the nations{H3816} weary{H3286} themselves for{H1767} vanity?{H7385}
  • Hag 1:9-9 : 9 Ye looked{H6437} for much,{H7235} and, lo, it came to little;{H4592} and when ye brought{H935} it home,{H1004} I did blow{H5301} upon it. Why? saith{H5002} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts.{H6635} Because{H3282} of my house{H1004} that lieth waste,{H2720} while ye run{H7323} every man{H376} to his own house.{H1004} 10 Therefore for your sake the heavens{H8064} withhold{H3607} the dew,{H2919} and the earth{H776} withholdeth{H3607} its fruit.{H2981} 11 And I called{H7121} for a drought{H2721} upon the land,{H776} and upon the mountains,{H2022} and upon the grain,{H1715} and upon the new wine,{H8492} and upon the oil,{H3323} and upon that which the ground{H127} bringeth forth,{H3318} and upon men,{H120} and upon cattle,{H929} and upon all the labor{H3018} of the hands.{H3709}
  • Hag 2:16 : 16 Through all that time, when one came{H935} to a heap{H6194} of twenty{H6242} [measures], there were but ten;{H6235} when one came{H935} to the winevat{H3342} to draw out{H2834} fifty{H2572} [vessels], there{H6333} were but twenty.{H6242}
  • 1 Cor 3:6 : 6 I planted,{G5452} Apollos{G625} watered;{G4222} but{G235} God{G2316} gave the increase.{G837}
  • Gal 4:11 : 11 I am afraid of{G5399} you,{G5209} lest{G3381} by any means I have bestowed{G2872} labor{G2872} upon{G1519} you{G5209} in vain.{G1500}
  • Isa 17:11 : 11 In the day{H3117} of thy planting{H5194} thou hedgest{H7735} it in, and in the morning{H1242} thou makest thy seed{H2233} to blossom;{H6524} but the harvest{H7105} fleeth away{H5067} in the day{H3117} of grief{H2470} and of desperate{H605} sorrow.{H3511}