18. ‘ “If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.
19. I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
20. Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.
21. ‘ “If you remain hostile towards me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve.
22. I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.
23. ‘ “If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile towards me,
24. I myself will be hostile towards you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.