Leviticus 26:14-26
Legacy Standard Bible
Reject His Statutes and He Will Strike You
14 ‘(A)But if you do not obey Me and do not do all these commandments, 15 if, instead, you (B)reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My judgments so as not to do all My commandments and so (C)break My covenant, 16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a (D)sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the (E)soul to pine away; also, (F)you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up. 17 And I will [a]set My face against you so that you will be [b]defeated before your enemies; and (G)those who hate you will have dominion over you, and (H)you will flee when no one is pursuing you. 18 If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will discipline you (I)seven times more for your sins. 19 I will also (J)break down your pride of strength; I will also give your sky over to become like iron and your earth like bronze. 20 (K)And your power will be spent uselessly, for your land will not give forth its produce and the trees of the land will not give forth their fruit.
21 ‘If then, you (L)walk in hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you (M)seven times according to your sins. 22 (N)And I will send out among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave you of your children and cut down your cattle and reduce your number so that (O)your roads lie desolate.
23 ‘(P)And if by these things you do not accept My discipline, but walk in hostility against Me, 24 then I will (Q)walk in hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you (R)seven times for your sins. 25 I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute (S)vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send (T)pestilence among you so that you shall be given over into enemy hands. 26 (U)When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring back your bread by rationed weight so that you will (V)eat and not become full.
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- Leviticus 26:17 Lit give
- Leviticus 26:17 Lit smitten
Leviticus 26:14-26
New Living Translation
Punishments for Disobedience
14 “However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands, 15 and if you break my covenant by rejecting my decrees, treating my regulations with contempt, and refusing to obey my commands, 16 I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them. 17 I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!
18 “And if, in spite of all this, you still disobey me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins. 19 I will break your proud spirit by making the skies as unyielding as iron and the earth as hard as bronze. 20 All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
21 “If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey me, I will inflict disaster on you seven times over for your sins. 22 I will send wild animals that will rob you of your children and destroy your livestock. Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.
23 “And if you fail to learn the lesson and continue your hostility toward me, 24 then I myself will be hostile toward you. I will personally strike you with calamity seven times over for your sins. 25 I will send armies against you to carry out the curse of the covenant you have broken. When you run to your towns for safety, I will send a plague to destroy you there, and you will be handed over to your enemies. 26 I will destroy your food supply, so that ten women will need only one oven to bake bread for their families. They will ration your food by weight, and though you have food to eat, you will not be satisfied.
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