Leviticus 26

1“You must notH3808 makeH6213 idolsH457 for yourselves or set upH6965 a carved imageH6459 or sacred pillarH4676; you must notH3808 placeH5414 a sculptedH4906H3808 stoneH68 in your landH776 to bow downH7812 to itH5921. ForH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430.

2

You must keepH8104 My SabbathsH7676 and have reverence forH3372 My sanctuaryH4720. IH589 am the LORDH3068.

3IfH518 you followH1980 My statutesH2708 and carefully keepH8104H6213 My commandmentsH4687, 4I will giveH5414 you rainsH1653 in their seasonH6256, and the landH776 will yieldH5414 its produceH2981, and the treesH6086 of the fieldH7704 will bearH5414 their fruitH6529. 5Your threshingH1786 will continueH5381 until the grape harvestH1210, and the grape harvestH1210 will continueH5381 until sowing timeH2233; you will have your fill ofH7648 foodH3899 to eatH398 and will dwellH3427 securelyH983 in your landH776.

6And I will giveH5414 peaceH7965 to the landH776, and you will lie downH7901 with nothingH369 to fearH2729. I will ridH7673 the landH776 of dangerousH7451 animalsH2416, and noH3808 swordH2719 will passH5674 through your landH776. 7You will pursueH7291 your enemiesH341, and they will fallH5307 by the swordH2719 before youH6440. 8FiveH2568 of you will pursueH7291 a hundredH3967, and a hundredH3967 of you will pursueH7291 ten thousandH7233, and your enemiesH341 will fallH5307 by the swordH2719 before youH6440.

9I will turnH6437 toward youH413 and make you fruitfulH6509 and multiplyH7235 youH853, and I will establishH6965 My covenantH1285 with youH854. 10You will still be eatingH398 the oldH3465 supply of grainH3462H3465 when you need to clear it outH3318 to make room forH6440 the newH2319.

11And I will makeH5414 My dwelling placeH49081 among youH8432, and My soulH5315 will notH3808 despiseH16022 youH853. 12I will walkH1980 among youH8432 and beH1961 your GodH430, and youH859 will beH1961 My peopleH5971.3 13IH589 am the LORDH3068 your GodH430, whoH834 broughtH3318 youH853 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 so that you would no longer beH1961 slavesH5650 to the Egyptians. I brokeH7665 the barsH4133 of your yokeH5923 and enabled you to walkH1980 in uprightnessH6968.

Punishments for Disobedience

(Leviticus 20:1–9; Deuteronomy 28:15–68)

14If, howeverH518, you failH3808 to obeyH8085 MeH3808 and to carry outH6213 allH3605 theseH428 commandmentsH4687, 15and ifH518 you rejectH3988H518 My statutesH2708, despiseH1602H5315 My ordinancesH4941, and neglectH1115 to carry outH6213 allH3605 My commandmentsH4687, and so breakH6565 My covenantH1285, 16thenH637 this is whatH2063 IH589 will doH6213 to you: I will bringH6485 upon youH5921 sudden terrorH928, wasting diseaseH7829, andH853 feverH6920 that will destroyH3615 your sightH5869 and drainH1727 your lifeH5315. You will sowH2232 your seedH2233 in vainH7385, because your enemiesH341 will eat itH398. 17And I will setH5414 My faceH6440 against you, so that you will be defeatedH5062 byH6440 your enemiesH341. Those who hate youH8130 will ruleH7287 over you, and you will fleeH5127 when no oneH369 pursuesH7291 youH853.

18And ifH518 afterH5704 all thisH428 you will notH3808 obeyH8085 Me, I will proceedH3254 to punishH3256 youH853 sevenfoldH7651 forH5921 your sinsH2403. 19I will break downH7665 your stubbornH5797 prideH1347 and makeH5414 your skyH8064 like ironH1270 and your landH776 like bronzeH5154, 20and your strengthH3581 will be spentH8552 in vainH7385. For your landH776 will notH3808 yieldH5414 itsH853 produceH2981, and the treesH6086 of the landH776 will notH3808 bearH5414 their fruitH6529.

21IfH518 you walkH1980 in hostilityH7147 toward MeH5973 and refuseH3808H14 to obeyH8085 Me, I will multiplyH3254H5921 your plaguesH4347 seven timesH7651, according to your sinsH2403. 22I will sendH7971 wildH7704 animalsH2416 against you to rob you of your childrenH7921, destroyH3772 your livestockH929, and reduceH4591 your numbersH853, until your roadsH1870 lie desolateH8074.

23And ifH518 in spite of theseH428 things you do notH3808 accept My disciplineH3256, but continue to walkH1980 in hostilityH7147 toward MeH5973, 24then IH589 will actH1980H637 with hostilityH7147 toward youH5973, andH1571 IH589 will strikeH5221 youH853 sevenfoldH7651 forH5921 your sinsH2403. 25And I will bringH935 a swordH2719 against youH5921 to executeH5358 the vengeanceH5359 of the covenantH1285. Though you withdrawH622 intoH413 your citiesH5892, I will sendH7971 a plagueH1698 among youH8432, and you will be deliveredH5414 into the handH3027 of the enemyH341. 26When I cut offH7665 your supplyH42944 of breadH3899, tenH6235 womenH802 will bakeH644 your breadH3899 in a singleH259 ovenH8574 and dole outH7725 your breadH3899 by weightH4948, so that you will eatH398 but notH3808 be satisfiedH7646.

27But ifH518 in spite of all thisH2063 you do notH3808 obeyH8085 Me, but continue to walkH1980 in hostilityH7147 toward MeH5973, 28then I will walkH1980 in furyH2534 againstH7147 youH5973, and IH589, even IH637, will punishH3256 youH853 sevenfoldH7651 forH5921 your sinsH2403. 29You will eatH398 the fleshH1320 of your own sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323. 30I will destroyH8045 your high placesH1116, cut downH3772 your incense altarsH2553, and heapH5414 your lifeless bodiesH6297 onH5921 the lifeless remainsH6297 of your idolsH1544; and My soulH5315 will despiseH1602 youH853.

31I will reduceH5414 your citiesH5892 to rubbleH2723 and lay wasteH8074 your sanctuariesH4720, and I will refuseH3808 to smellH7306 the pleasingH5207 aroma of your sacrificesH7381. 32And IH589 will lay wasteH8074 the landH776, so that your enemiesH341 who dwellH3427 in it will be appalledH8074H5921. 33ButH853 I will scatterH2219 you among the nationsH1471 and will draw outH7324 a swordH2719 after youH310 as your landH776 becomesH1961 desolateH8077 and your citiesH5892 are laidH1961 wasteH2723.

34ThenH227 the landH776 shall enjoyH7521 itsH853 SabbathsH7676 allH3605 the daysH3117 it lies desolateH8074, while youH859 are in the landH776 of your enemiesH341. At that timeH227 the landH776 will restH7673 and enjoyH7521 itsH853 SabbathsH7676. 35As long asH3605H3117 it lies desolateH8074, the land will have the restH7673 it did notH3808 receiveH7673 during the SabbathsH7676 when you livedH3427 in itH5921.

36As for those of you who surviveH7604, I will sendH935 a faintnessH4816 into their heartsH3824 in the landsH776 of their enemiesH341, so that even the soundH6963 of a windblownH5086 leafH5929 will put them to flightH7291. And they will fleeH5127 as one fleesH4499 the swordH2719, and fallH5307 when no oneH369 pursues themH7291. 37They will stumbleH3782 over oneH376 anotherH251 as beforeH6440 the swordH2719, though no oneH369 is behind themH7291. SoH3808 you will not beH1961 able to standH8617 againstH6440 your enemiesH341.

38You will perishH6 among the nationsH1471, and the landH776 of your enemiesH341 will consumeH398 youH853. 39Those of you who surviveH7604 in the landsH776 of your enemiesH341 will waste awayH4743 in their iniquityH5771 andH637 will decayH4743 in the sinsH5771 of their fathersH1H854.

God Remembers Those Who Repent

40But if they will confessH3034 their iniquityH5771 andH5771 that of their fathersH1 in the unfaithfulnessH4604 thatH834 they practicedH4603 against Me, by whichH834 they have also walkedH637H1980 in hostilityH7147 toward MeH5973— 41andH637 IH589 actedH1980 with hostilityH7147 toward themH5973 and broughtH935 themH853 into the landH776 of their enemiesH341—andH176H227 if their uncircumcisedH6189H227 heartsH3824 will be humbledH3665 and they will make amendsH7521 for their iniquityH5771, 42then I will rememberH2142 My covenantH1285 with JacobH3290 andH637 My covenantH1285 with IsaacH3327H637 and My covenantH1285 with AbrahamH85, and I will rememberH2142 the landH776.

43For the landH776 will be abandonedH5800 by them, and it will enjoyH7521 its SabbathsH7676 by lying desolateH8074 without them. And theyH1992 will pay the penaltyH7521 for their iniquityH5771, becauseH3282 they rejectedH3988 My ordinancesH4941 and abhorredH1602H5315 My statutesH2708.

44YetH637 in spite ofH1571 thisH2063, when they areH1961 in the landH776 of their enemiesH341, I will notH3808 rejectH3988 orH3808 despise themH1602 so as to destroy themH3615 and breakH6565 My covenantH1285 with themH854; forH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068 their GodH430. 45But for their sake I will rememberH2142 the covenantH1285 with their fathersH7223, whomH834 I brought outH3318 of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 in the sightH5869 of the nationsH1471, that I might beH1961 their GodH430. IH589 am the LORDH3068.”

46TheseH428 are the statutesH2706, ordinancesH4941, and lawsH8451 thatH834 the LORDH3068 establishedH5414 between HimselfH996 and the IsraelitesH1121H3478 throughH3027 MosesH4872 on MountH2022 SinaiH5514.