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
Revised Standard Version
Penalties for Disobedience
14 “But if you will not hearken to me, and will not do all these commandments, 15 if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant, 16 I will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption and fever that waste the eyes and cause life to pine away. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it; 17 I will set my face against you, and you shall be smitten before your enemies; those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you. 18 And if in spite of this you will not hearken to me, then I will chastise you again sevenfold for your sins, 19 and I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your heavens like iron and your earth like brass; 20 and your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
21 “Then if you walk contrary to me, and will not hearken to me, I will bring more plagues upon you, sevenfold as many as your sins. 22 And I will let loose the wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number, so that your ways shall become desolate.
23 “And if by this discipline you are not turned to me, but walk contrary to me, 24 then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will smite you sevenfold for your sins. 25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant; and if you gather within your cities I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver your bread again by weight; and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.
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