Leviticus 26:14-29

English Standard Version

Punishment for Disobedience

¹⁴^(A)“But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments, ¹⁵if you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but ^(B)break my covenant, ¹⁶then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with ^(C)wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And ^(D)you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. ¹⁷I will ^(E)set my face against you, and ^(F)you shall be struck down before your enemies. ^(G)Those who hate you shall rule over you, and ^(H)you shall flee when none pursues you. ¹⁸And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again ^(I)sevenfold for your sins, ¹⁹and I will break ^(J)the pride of your power, and I ^(K)will make your heavens like iron and your earth like bronze. ²⁰And ^(L)your strength shall be spent in vain, for ^(M)your land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.

²¹^(N)“Then if you walk contrary to me and will not listen to me, I will continue striking you, sevenfold for your sins. ²²And ^(O)I will let loose the wild beasts against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you few in number, so that ^(P)your roads shall be deserted.

²³“And ^(Q)if by this discipline you are not turned to me ^(R)but walk contrary to me, ²⁴^(S)then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins. ²⁵And ^(T)I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, ^(U)I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. ²⁶^(V)When I break your supply^[a] of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and ^(W)you shall eat and not be satisfied.

²⁷“But ^(X)if in spite of this you will not listen to me, but walk contrary to me, ²⁸then I will walk contrary to you ^(Y)in fury, and I myself will discipline you ^(Z)sevenfold for your sins. ²⁹^(AA)You shall eat the flesh of your sons, and you shall eat the flesh of your daughters.