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Leviticus 26:14

King James Version (KJV)

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But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

Leviticus 26:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Leviticus 26:14

Theological / Devotional

If ye will not hearken. Dire punishments were threatened should Israel fail to serve God, and turn instead to other gods. Five increasingly severe punishments are predicted, after each of the first four of which God promises to send a sevenfold worse evil upon them (vs. 18, 21, 24, 28). “Seven” here probably denotes greatly intensified punishment rather than precise mathematical increase.

The first step in the fivefold punishment for persistent rebellion appears in vs. 14-17. All Israel’s history bears witness to the fulfillment of this threat.

By SdaBc