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and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
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Effort Without God is Vain
Commentators explain that the "strength spent in vain" refers to intense agricultural labor. Despite all their efforts in plowing, sowing, and tending to trees, the people would see no results. This illustrates a profound spiritual principle: human effort, detached from God's blessing and provision, is ultimately futile.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As “the book of the covenant” (Exodus 20:22–33) concludes with promises and warnings (Exodus 23:20–33), so does this collec…
19th Century
Anglican
And your strength shall be spent in vain. —That is, with the heaven over them as metal, their labor expended in plowing, …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And your strength shall be spent in vain In endeavouring to till the ground, to plough, or sow, or to dig about the vines…
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