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Under a hard cloudless sky, exhausted farmers stand over bronze-dry soil, barren fields, and fruitless trees after continued refusal. Seven empty clay jars form a restrained motif of intensified discipline. Exactly seven jars; no dying people, corpses, blood, grotesque famine, or visible deity.
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Leviticus 26:18-20

Sky like iron, land like bronze

Blessing, Warning, and Covenant Memory · Leviticus 26

Story guide: Under a hard cloudless sky, exhausted farmers stand over bronze-dry soil, barren fields, and fruitless trees after continued refusal. Seven empty clay jars form a restrained motif of intensified discipline. Exactly seven jars; no dying people, corpses, blood, grotesque famine, or visible deity.

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18And if, despite these things, you do not listen to me, then I will continue to discipline you sevenfold for your sins.

19And I will break the pride of your strength, and I will make your heavens like iron and your land like bronze.

20Your strength will be spent in vain, and your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

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