我要向你們變臉，你們就要敗在仇敵面前。恨惡你們的，必轄管你們；無人追趕，你們卻要逃跑。 你們因這些事若還不聽從我，我就要為你們的罪加七倍懲罰你們。 我必斷絕你們因勢力而有的驕傲，又要使覆你們的天如鐵，載你們的地如銅。 你們要白白地勞力；因為你們的地不出土產，其上的樹木也不結果子。 利未記 26:17-20
and I will turn from you and let you be destroyed by your attackers. You will even run at the very rumor of attack. Then, if you still refuse to obey me, I will punish you seven times for each of your sins, until your pride is completely crushed. I will hold back the rain, so the sky above you will be like iron, and the ground beneath your feet will be like copper. All of your hard work will be for nothing—and there will be no harvest of grain or fruit. Leviticus 26:17-20