18. “‘If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.
19. I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze.
20. Your strength will be used up in vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit.
21. “‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.
22. I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted.
23. “‘If in spite of these things you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me,
24. I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.