Leviticus 26:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשָׁבַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן עֻזְּכֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־שְׁמֵיכֶם֙ כַּבַּרְזֶ֔ל וְאֶֽת־אַרְצְכֶ֖ם כַּנְּחֻשָֽׁה׃

Transliteration

And wə-šāḇartî ʾet-gəʾôn ʿuzzəḵem and wə-nāṯattî ʾet-šəmêḵem like ka-barzel and wə-ʾet-ʾarṣəḵem like ka-nəḥušâ.

Grammar Details

• *wə-šāḇartî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will break
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *gəʾôn*: construct state, masculine singular - pride of
• *ʿuzzəḵem*: masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your strength
• *wə-nāṯattî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will make/set
• *šəmêḵem*: masculine plural noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your heavens
• *ka-barzel*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - like iron
• *ʾarṣəḵem*: feminine singular noun with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your land/earth
• *ka-nəḥušâ*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - like bronze/copper

Word Meanings

• *šāḇartî*: break/shatter/destroy
• *gəʾôn*: pride/majesty/exaltation
• *ʿuzzəḵem*: strength/might/power
• *nāṯattî*: give/put/set/make
• *barzel*: iron
• *nəḥušâ*: bronze/copper

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:23 : 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
• Jer 13:9 : 9 Thus saith Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
• Jer 14:1-6 : 1 The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. 3 And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads. 4 Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads. 5 Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass. 6 And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
• Isa 25:11 : 11 And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst thereof, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim; but Jehovah will lay low his pride together with the craft of his hands.
• Isa 26:5 : 5 For he hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city: he layeth it low, he layeth it low even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
• Ezek 7:24 : 24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned.
• Ezek 30:6 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah: They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Seveneh shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Zeph 3:11 : 11 In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
• Luke 4:25 : 25 But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up {G1909} three years and six months, when there came a great famine over all the land;
• 1 Sam 4:3 : 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.
• 1 Sam 4:11 : 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
• 1 Kgs 17:1 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For there shall be a day of Jehovah of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low;