Leviticus 26:28

Leviticus 26:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
• New International Version (NIV)then in my anger I will be hostile toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then I will walk contrary to you in fury, and I myself will discipline you sevenfold for your sins.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then I also will walk contrary to you in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

Context of Leviticus 26:28

26When I break your staff of bread [that is, cut off your supply of food], ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will ration your bread; and you will eat and not be satisfied. 27‘Yet if in spite of this you will not [attentively] listen to Me but act with hostility against me, then I will act with hostility against you in wrath, and I also will punish you seven times for your sins. 29You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. 30I will destroy your high places [devoted to idolatrous worship], and cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies upon the [crushed] bodies of your idols, and My soul will detest you [with deep and unutterable loathing].

Leviticus 26:28 word by word

וְהָלַכְתִּ֥י עִמָּכֶ֖ם בַּחֲמַת־קֶ֑רִי וְיִסַּרְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ אַף־אָ֔נִי שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then I will walkהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• contraryקְרִיqerîy · hostilityH7147
• unto you also in furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• and I, evenאַף'aph · alsoH637
• I, will chastiseיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
• you seven timesשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• for your sinsחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403

Cross-references for Leviticus 26:28

• Isaiah 27:4I have no wrath. Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle, I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.
• Isaiah 59:18As their deeds deserve, so He will repay: Wrath to His adversaries, retribution to His enemies; To the islands and coastlands He will repay.
• Isaiah 63:3“I have trodden the wine trough alone, And of the peoples there was no one with Me. I also trod them in My anger And trampled them in My wrath; And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments, And I stained all My clothes.
• Isaiah 66:15For indeed, the Lord will come in fire And His chariots will be like the stormy wind, To render His anger with rage, And His rebuke with flames of fire.
• Jeremiah 21:5I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm in anger, in fury, and in great indignation and wrath.
• Ezekiel 5:13‘Thus My anger will come to an end and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased; then they will know [without any doubt] that I the Lord have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath on them.
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare [them]; and though they cry loudly in My ears, yet I will not listen to them.”
• Nahum 1:2The Lord is a jealous and avenging God [protecting and demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His]; The Lord avenges and He is full of wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies.

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:28

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-45Verses 3-45 As “the book of the covenant” 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 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-39Verses 14-39 After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two things would bring ruin. 1. A contempt of God's commandments. They that reject the precept, will come at last to renounce the covenant. 2. A contempt of his corrections. If they will not learn obedience by the things they suffer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-39God punishes his people to change their behavior and restore their relationship with him. He acts like a perfectly righteous and loving parent would with a disobedient child. The punishments, meant to stop rebellious behavior, gradually increase. This gives Israel a chance to repent at any time (Leviticus 26:18–28). Even when Israel faced exile from the land in 722 and 586 BC, God was working to restore them (see, for example, Isaiah 40–66; Jeremiah…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-3914-15. But if ye will not hearken unto me, &c.--In proportion to the great and manifold privileges bestowed upon the Israelites would be the extent of their national criminality and the severity of their national punishments if they disobeyed.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 26:28

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Blessing
• Chastisement
• Contingencies
• Covenant
• Disobedience to God
• Famine
• Judgments
• Punishment
• Reward
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Cast
• Chastise
• Enjoy
• Faintness
• Fall
• Fury
• Heathen
• Jerusalem
• Rid
• Scatter

Commentaries on Leviticus 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings