Leviticus 26:14-26

The Voice

¹⁴ However, if you do not obey Me or live by all I have commanded, ¹⁵ if you turn your backs on My decrees and despise what I have commanded so that you fail to do as I have directed and break the covenant that exists between us, ¹⁶ then this is what you can expect: I will bring a horrific cloud of terror over you, and you will waste away in disease and burning fevers, your eyes will grow dark, and your restless souls will long for life. The seeds you plant will provide you no sustenance because raiders will consume whatever you grow. ¹⁷ I will turn My face against you and stand by as your enemies strike you down. Those who despise you will reign over you, and you will run away even when no one is chasing you. ¹⁸ If, after all this, you still do not listen to Me, then I will increase your punishment until you have paid seven times for your sins. ¹⁹ I will break you of your powerful pride, and I will make the heavens above you as cold as iron and your earth below you as hard as bronze. ²⁰ Your strength will be wasted because the land you work will not yield its crops, and the trees you plant will not bear fruit.

²¹ And if, after all this, you still rebel against Me and fail to listen to Me, I will strike you until you have paid seven times for your sins. ²² I will unleash ravenous wild beasts against you, and they will deprive you of your children and destroy your livestock; before long your numbers will dwindle and your busy roads will be deserted.

²³ And if, after all these punishments, you still have not turned back to Me but continue to rebel against Me, ²⁴ I will move against you, and this time I will punish you Myself until you have paid seven times for your sins. ²⁵ I will march armies against you that will execute My vengeance against you for the covenant you have broken. When you retreat into your cities, I will send a vicious plague among you until you fall to your adversaries. ²⁶ I will cut off your food supply until there is so little bread that 10 women will need only one oven to bake it. When they serve it, your portion will be carefully weighed and rationed and you won’t have enough to satisfy you.