Verse Lens · Context pointer
Leviticus 26:19 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 19. 19And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
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Role in This Section
This verse turns heaven and earth into images of unyielding scarcity.
Read It With
- Leviticus 26:14-26
Track the movement across 26:14-26. When Leviticus 26:19 turns heaven and earth into images of unyielding scarcity, it contributes to this complete claim: The warning moves from disease and failed sowing through defeat, wild animals, sword, pestilence, and bread scarcity in repeated sevenfold escalations.
Why It Needs Context
Leviticus 26:14-26 must remain the teaching frame because this verse turns heaven and earth into images of unyielding scarcity without completing the unit's reasoning.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 26:14-26 — Refusal brings escalating terror, crop loss, defeat, and hungerSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 26:14-26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 26:14-26
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