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18 The people may not obey God even after this. If they do not, God will punish them seven times more strongly. 19 He will make them ashamed. He will not send any rain and the land will be hard and dry. 20 Even if they do a lot of work, no grain will grow. No fruit will grow on the trees.

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18 “‘If after all this you will not listen to me,(A) I will punish(B) you for your sins seven times over.(C) 19 I will break down your stubborn pride(D) and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.(E) 20 Your strength will be spent in vain,(F) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.(G)

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