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Leviticus 26:14-17

King James Version (KJV)

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14. But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15. And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break my covenant: 16. I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Leviticus 26:14-17 — 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.

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