Leviticus 26:25

Leviticus 26:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
• New International Version (NIV)And I will bring the sword on you to avenge the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute vengeance for the covenant. And if you gather within your cities, I will send pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And I will bring a sword against you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant; when you are gathered together within your cities I will send pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Context of Leviticus 26:25

23“If in spite of these things you do not accept my discipline, but act with hostility toward me, 24then I will act with hostility toward you; I also will strike you seven times for your sins. I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands. 26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied. 27“And if in spite of this you do not obey me but act with hostility toward me,

Leviticus 26:25 word by word

וְהֵבֵאתִ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם חֶ֗רֶב נֹקֶ֙מֶת֙ נְקַם־בְּרִ֔ית וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶל־עָרֵיכֶ֑ם וְשִׁלַּ֤חְתִּי דֶ֙בֶר֙ בְּת֣וֹכְכֶ֔ם וְנִתַּתֶּ֖ם בְּיַד־אוֹיֵֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• a swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• upon you, that shall avengeנָקַםnâqam · to avengeH5358
• the quarrelנָקָםnâqâm · vengeanceH5359
• covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• and when ye are gathered togetherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• withinאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• your citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• the pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• you; and ye shall be deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• into the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• of the enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Leviticus 26:25

• Deuteronomy 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, there will be terror; the young man and the young woman will be killed, the infant and the gray-haired man.
• Judges 2:14The Lord’s anger burned against Israel, and he handed them over to marauders who raided them. He sold them to the enemies around them, and they could no longer resist their enemies.
• Psalms 78:62He surrendered his people to the sword because he was enraged with his heritage.
• Isaiah 34:5When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, it will then come down on Edom and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
• Jeremiah 9:16I will scatter them among the nations that they and their ancestors have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
• Jeremiah 14:12If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”
• Jeremiah 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where will we go? ’ tell them: This is what the Lord says: Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword. Those destined for famine, to famine; those destined for captivity, to captivity.
• Lamentations 2:21Both young and old are lying on the ground in the streets. My young women and young men have fallen by the sword. You have killed them in the day of your anger, slaughtering without compassion.
• Ezekiel 5:17I will send famine and dangerous animals against you. They will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”
• Ezekiel 6:3You are to say: Mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! This is what the Lord God says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.
• Ezekiel 14:17“Or suppose I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I wipe out both people and animals from it.
• Ezekiel 21:4Since I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will therefore come out of its sheath against all humanity from the south to the north.
• Ezekiel 29:8“‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword against you and cut off both people and animals from you.
• Ezekiel 33:2“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them, ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land select a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman.
• Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance and retribution belong to me. In time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
• Psalms 94:1Lord, God of vengeance — God of vengeance, shine!

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:25

• 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 26:25

• Backsliders
• Blessing
• Contingencies
• Covenant
• Disobedience to God
• Famine
• Judgments
• Pestilence
• Punishment
• Reward
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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

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