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Leviticus 26:18
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If you will not yet for these things listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
"‘And if in spite of these things you do not listen to me, then I will continue to discipline you seven times for your sins.
"‘If after all this you still do not obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
"‘If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins.
'If in spite of all this you still will not listen to Me and be obedient, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
'If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
And if ye wil not for these things obey me, then wil I punish you seuen times more, according to your sinnes,
If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will discipline you seven times more for your sins.
Then, if you still refuse to obey me, I will punish you seven times for each of your sins,
If these things don't make you listen to me, then I will discipline you seven times over for your sins.
And if for this ye hearken not unto me, I will punish you sevenfold more for your sins,
"After these things, if you still don't obey me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins,
And if you will not yet for all these things hearken to me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
"If even after all of this you still do not obey me, I will increase your punishment seven times.
“But if after these things you will not obey me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins.
And if after these things you will not listen to Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sin;
But yf ye wyll not herken vnto me for all this, then wyl I make it yet seuen tymes more, to punysh you for youre synnes,
And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
And if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.
And yf ye wyl not yet for all this hearken vnto me, then wyll I punishe you seuen tymes more for your sinnes:
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken vnto me, then I will punish you seuen times more for your sinnes.
And if ye still refuse to hearken to me, then will I chasten you yet more even seven times for your sins.
And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
But if nether so ye obeyen to me, Y schal adde youre chastisyngis seuenfold for youre synnes;
`And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, -- then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;
And if you will not yet for these things listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken to me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
If you will not yet for these things listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
"And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
"And if, in spite of all this, you still disobey me, I will punish you seven times over for your sins.
If after all of these things you still do not obey Me, I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
And if in spite of this you will not obey me, I will continue to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
And, if even with these things, ye will not hearken unto me, Then will I yet further correct you seven times, for your sins.
But if you will not yet for all this obey me: I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
And if in spite of this you will not hearken to me, then I will chastise you again sevenfold for your sins,
"And if none of this works in getting your attention, I'll discipline you seven times over for your sins. I'll break your strong pride: I'll make the skies above you like a sheet of tin and the ground under you like cast iron. No matter how hard you work, nothing will come of it: No crops out of the ground, no fruit off the trees.
'If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
seven times: Leviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:24, Leviticus 26:28, 1 Samuel 2:5, Psalms 119:164, Proverbs 24:16, Daniel 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:15 - sevenfold Exodus 9:14 - send all Leviticus 4:6 - seven times Leviticus 5:15 - thy estimation Leviticus 26:14 - General Deuteronomy 32:23 - heap mischiefs 2 Chronicles 28:17 - the Edomites Nehemiah 9:32 - little before thee Nehemiah 13:18 - ye bring more Psalms 90:11 - General Isaiah 15:9 - more Jeremiah 4:20 - upon destruction Jeremiah 36:32 - there Ezekiel 7:26 - Mischief shall Amos 4:7 - I have Zechariah 14:12 - Their flesh Matthew 24:8 - General Revelation 22:18 - God
Cross-References
Wherefore that place was called Beer-sheba; because there they swore both of them.
and Nebo, and Baal-meon--their names being changed--and Sibmah; and gave their names unto the cities which they builded.
Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another;
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall respond there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me,.... If such corrections by diseases of body, and by giving them up into the hands of their enemies, should be ineffectual to reform them, and bring them to obedience to the statutes and commandments of God, but should continue in their disobedience to him, and rebellion against him:
then I will punish you seven times more for your sins; that is, abundantly more, with sorer punishments, and these more frequently repeated.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
As âthe book of the covenantâ Exodus 20:22-33 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Deut. 27â30 is marked by broader and deeper promises and denunciations having immediate reference not only to outward consequences, but to the spiritual death incurred by transgressing the divine will.
Leviticus 26:4
Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons, called in Scripture the former and the latter rain Deuteronomy 11:14; Jeremiah 5:24; Joel 2:23; Hosea 6:3; James 5:7. The former or Autumn rain falls in heavy showers in November and December. In March the latter or Spring rain comes on, which is precarious in quantity and duration, and rarely lasts more than two days.
Leviticus 26:5
Compare the margin reference; Joel 2:19; Job 11:18.
Leviticus 26:8
Five of you shall chase - A proverbial mode of expression for superiority in warlike prowess Deuteronomy 32:30; Isaiah 30:17.
Leviticus 26:9
Establish my covenant - All material blessings were to be regarded in the light of seals of the âeverlasting covenant.â Compare Genesis 17:4-8; Nehemiah 9:23.
Leviticus 26:10
Bring forth the old because of the new - Rather, clear away the old before the new; that is, in order to make room for the latter. Compare the margin reference.
Leviticus 26:16
The first warning for disobedience is disease. âTerrorâ (literally trembling) is rendered trouble in Psalms 78:33; Isaiah 65:23. It seems here to denote that terrible affliction, an anxious temperament, the mental state ever at war with Faith and Hope. This might well be placed at the head of the visitations on a backslider who had broken the covenant with his God. Compare Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 15:8; Proverbs 28:1; Job 24:17; Psalms 23:4.
Consumption, and the burning ague - Compare the margin reference. The first of the words in the original comes from a root signifying to waste away; the latter (better, fever), from one signifying to kindle a fire. Consumption is common in Egypt and some parts of Asia Minor, but it is more rare in Syria. Fevers of different kinds are the commonest of all diseases in Syria and all the neighboring countries. The opposite promise to the threat is given in Exodus 15:26; Exodus 23:25.
Leviticus 26:18
For all this - i. e. for all the afflictions in Leviticus 26:16-17.
Seven times - The sabbatical number is here proverbially used to remind the people of the covenant. Compare Genesis 4:15, Genesis 4:24; Psalms 119:164; Proverbs 24:16; Luke 17:4.
Leviticus 26:19, Leviticus 26:20
The second warning is utter sterility of the soil. Compare Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 28:18; Ezekiel 33:28; Ezekiel 36:34-35.
Leviticus 26:21, Leviticus 26:22
The third warning is the multiplication of destructive animals, etc. Compare Deuteronomy 32:24; Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 14:15; Judges 5:6-7; Isaiah 33:8.
Leviticus 26:23-26
The fourth warning. Yahweh now places Himself as it were in a hostile position toward His people who âwill not be reformedâ (rather, brought unto God: Jeremiah 2:30). He will avenge the outraged cause of His covenant, by the sword, pestilence, famine, and captivity.
Leviticus 26:26
Omit âand.â âTo break the staff of bread,â was a proverbial expression for cutting off the supply of bread, the staff of life (Psalms 105:16; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13; compare Isaiah 3:1). The supply was to be so reduced that one oven would suffice for baking the bread maple by ten women for ten families, and when made it was to be dealt out in sparing rations by weight. See 2 Kings 6:25; Jeremiah 14:18; Lamentations 4:9; Ezekiel 5:12; Hosea 4:10; Micah 6:14; Haggai 1:6.
Leviticus 26:27-33
The fifth warning. For Leviticus 26:29 see 2 Kings 6:28-29; Jeremiah 19:8-9; Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 4:10; Ezekiel 5:10, for Leviticus 26:30 see 2 Chronicles 34:3; Ezekiel 6:4; Jeremiah 14:19, for Leviticus 26:31 see 2 Kings 25:9; Psalms 74:6-7 : for Leviticus 26:32-33 see Deuteronomy 28:37; Psalms 44:11; Jeremiah 9:16; Jeremiah 18:16; Ezekiel 5:1-17; Jeremiah 4:7; Ezekiel 9:6; Ezekiel 12:15; Zechariah 7:14.
Leviticus 26:30
High places - There is no doubt that the word here denotes elevated spots dedicated to false worship (see Deuteronomy 12:2), and especially, it would seem, to that of Baal Numbers 22:41; Joshua 13:17. Such spots were, however, employed and approved for the worship of Yahweh, not only before the building of the temple, but afterward (Judges 6:25-26; Judges 13:16-23; 1 Samuel 7:10; 1 Samuel 16:5; 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Kings 18:30; 2 Kings 12:3; 1 Chronicles 21:26, etc.). The three altars built by Abraham at Shechem, between Bethel and Ai, and at Mamre, appear to have been on heights, and so was the temple.
The high places in the holy land may thus have been divided into those dedicated to the worship of Yahweh, and those which had been dedicated to idols. And it would seem as if there was a constant struggle going on. The high places polluted by idol worship were of course to be wholly condemned. They were probably resorted to only to gratify a degraded superstition. See Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:2-5. The others might have been innocently used for prayer and religious teaching. But the temptation appears to have been too great for the temper of the people. They offered sacrifice and burnt incense on them; and hence, thorough reformers of the national religion, such as Hezekiah and Josiah, removed the high places altogether 2 Kings 18:4; 2 Kings 23:5.
Your images - The original word is rendered in the margin of our Bible sun images (2 Chronicles 14:5; Isaiah 17:8; Ezekiel 6:4, etc.). Phoenician inscriptions prove that the word was commonly applied to images of Baal and Astarte, the god of the sun and the goddess of the moon. This exactly explains 2 Chronicles 34:4 following.
Idols - The Hebrew word here literally means things which could be rolled about, such as a block of wood or a lump of dirt. It was no doubt a name given in derision. Compare Isaiah 40:20; Isa 44:19; 2 Kings 1:2.
Leviticus 26:31
Sanctuaries - The holy places in the tabernacle and the temple (Psalms 68:35. Compare Psalms 74:7).
I will not smell the savor ... - See Leviticus 1:9.
Leviticus 26:35
More literally: All the days of its desolation shall it rest that time which it rested not in your Sabbaths while ye dwelt upon it. That is, the periods of rest of which the land had been deprived would be made up to it. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:20-21.
Leviticus 26:38
The land of your enemies shall eat you up - Compare Numbers 13:32; Ezekiel 36:13.
Leviticus 26:39
Iniquity - The meaning here is, in the punishment of their iniquity, and, in the next clause, in the punishment of the iniquity (as in Leviticus 26:41, Leviticus 26:43) of their fathers. In the next verse the same Hebrew word is properly represented by âiniquity.â Our translators have in several places put one of the English words in the text and the other in the margin (Genesis 4:13; Genesis 19:15; 2 Kings 7:9; Psalms 69:27, etc.). The language of Scripture does not make that trenchant division between sin and punishment which we are accustomed to do. Sin is its own punishment, having in itself, from its very commencement, the germ of death. âSin, when it is finished, bringeth forth deathâ James 1:15; Romans 2:5; Romans 5:12.
Leviticus 26:40
trespass - The Hebrew word signifies an injury inflicted on the rights of a person, as distinguished from a sin or iniquity regarded as an outrage of the divine law. Every wrong act is of course both a sin and a trespass against God. In this place Yahweh takes the breach of the covenant as a personal trespass.
Leviticus 26:41
Uncircumcised hearts - The outward sign of the covenant might be preserved, but the answering grace in the heart would be wanting (Acts 7:51; Romans 2:28-29; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 9:26; compare Colossians 2:11).
Accept of the punishment of their iniquity - literally, enjoy their iniquity. The word here and in Leviticus 26:43 rendered âacceptâ in this phrase, is the same as is rendered âenjoyâ in the expression âthe land shall enjoy her sabbathsâ Leviticus 26:34. The antithesis in Leviticus 26:43 is this: The land shall enjoy her sabbaths - and they shall enjoy the punishment of their iniquity. The meaning is, that the land being desolate shall have the blessing of rest, and they having repented shall have the blessing of chastisement. The feelings of a devout captive Israelite are beautifully expressed in Tobit 13:1-18.
