Leviticus 26:14-26
International Standard Version
Cascading Consequences
14 “But if you won’t listen to me and obey all these commands, 15 and if you refuse my statutes, loathe my ordinances, and fail to carry out all of my commands, thereby breaching my covenant, 16 then I will certainly do this to you: I’ll appoint sudden terror to infect you like tuberculosis and fever. Your eyes will fail and your life will waste away. You’ll plant in vain, because your enemies will consume what you plant. 17 I’ll set my face against you so that you’ll be defeated before your enemies. Those who hate you will have dominion over you and you’ll keep fleeing even when no one is pursuing you.
18 “If, despite all of this, you still don’t listen to me, then I’ll punish you seven times more on account of your sins. 19 I’ll break your mighty pride.[a] I’ll make the heavens to be like iron and the ground like bronze. 20 Your strength will be spent in vain, because your land won’t yield its produce and the trees of the land won’t yield their fruit.
21 “If you live life contrary to me and remain unwilling to listen to me, then I’ll add to your wounds seven times more on account of your sins. 22 I’ll send wild beasts against you from the open country to deprive you of your children, destroy your cattle, and decrease your number[b] so that your roads become desolate.
23 “If, despite these things, you still won’t return to me, but live life contrary to me, 24 then I’ll certainly oppose[c] you. I’ll take vengeance against you seven fold on account of your sins. 25 I’ll bring the sword against you to execute the vengeance of my covenant. When you gather in your cities, I’ll send a pestilence. As a result, you’ll be delivered into the control of your enemies. 26 When I destroy the source of your bread, ten women will bake bread in one oven. Then they’ll return back your bread by weight. You’ll eat but won’t be satisfied.
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- Leviticus 26:19 Lit. pride of your strength
- Leviticus 26:22 The Heb. lacks your number
- Leviticus 26:24 Lit. walk against
Leviticus 26:14-26
Lexham English Bible
Punishment for Disobedience
14 “‘But[a] if you do not listen to me and you do not carry out[b] all these commands, 15 and if you reject my statutes and if your inner self[c] abhors my regulations, to not carry out[d] all my commands by your breaking my covenant, 16 I in turn[e] will do this to you: then[f] I will summon onto you horror, the wasting disease, and the fever that wastes eyes and that drains away life; and you shall sow your seed in vain,[g] and your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be defeated before[h] your enemies; and your haters shall rule over you, and you shall flee away, but[i] there shall not be anybody who is pursuing[j] you.
18 “‘And if in spite of these things you do not listen to me, then[k] I will continue to discipline you seven times for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your strength; and I will make your heaven like iron[l] and your land like copper. 20 And your strength shall be consumed in vain;[m] and your land shall not give its produce, and the land’s trees shall not give their fruit.
21 “‘And if you go against me in hostility and you are not willing to listen to me, then[n] I will add a plague onto you seven times according to your sins. 22 And I will send wild animals[o] out among you, and they shall make you childless, and they shall cut down your domestic animals, and they shall make you fewer; and your roads shall be desolate.
23 “‘And if you do not accept correction from[p] me through these things, but[q] you go against me in hostility, 24 then[r] I myself[s] will also go against you in hostility, and I myself[t] also will strike you seven times for your sins. 25 And I will bring upon you a sword that seeks vengeance for the covenant, and you shall be gathered to your cities; and I will send a plague in your midst, and you shall be given into the hand of an enemy. 26 At my breaking the supply[u] of bread[v] for you, then[w] ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall return your bread by weight; and you shall eat it, and you shall not be satisfied.
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- Leviticus 26:14 Or “And”
- Leviticus 26:14 Or “you do not do” or “you do not observe” or “you do not perform”
- Leviticus 26:15 Or “soul”
- Leviticus 26:15 Or “do” or “observe” or “perform”
- Leviticus 26:16 Literally “also” or “indeed”
- Leviticus 26:16 Or “and”
- Leviticus 26:16 Literally “for the emptiness”
- Leviticus 26:17 Literally “to the faces of”
- Leviticus 26:17 Or “and”
- Leviticus 26:17 Literally “who pursues” or “pursuing”
- Leviticus 26:18 Or “and”
- Leviticus 26:19 Or “iron ore”
- Leviticus 26:20 Literally “to the emptiness”
- Leviticus 26:21 Or “and”
- Leviticus 26:22 Literally “the animals of the field”
- Leviticus 26:23 Hebrew “for” or “to”
- Leviticus 26:23 Or “and”
- Leviticus 26:24 Or “and”
- Leviticus 26:24 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Leviticus 26:24 Emphatic personal pronoun
- Leviticus 26:26 Literally “staff”
- Leviticus 26:26 Or “food”
- Leviticus 26:26 Or “and”
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