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Leviticus 26:28
28So he will turn away from them. He will punish them seven times more again.
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
26The people will not have any food. A woman will bake one loaf for ten families. They will weigh it to give one part to each family. When a person eats his piece of bread, he will still be hungry. 27If the people still turn away from God, he will be even more angry. They will not turn away from their sin. So he will turn away from them. He will punish them seven times more again. 29They will be so hungry that they will eat their own children. 30The Lord will destroy the places where they worship false gods. He will destroy their very bad incense altars. He will put their dead bodies round their idols. He will hate them.
Read all of Leviticus 26Leviticus 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 am not angry now. If there were thorn bushes or weeds in my vineyard, I would attack them. I would burn them all.
- Isaiah 59:18He will punish his enemies for the bad things that they have done. He will be very angry with them. He will punish all his enemies, even those who live in lands far away.
- Isaiah 63:3He says, ‘I have walked on the grapes alone. Nobody from the nations came to help me. I walked on them because I was angry. I squeezed them to pieces in my anger. Their blood splashed on my clothes, and it made all my clothes dirty.
- Isaiah 66:15Look! The Lord is coming with fire. His chariots will blow in like a strong storm. People will see his great anger, as he comes to punish his enemies with flames of fire.
- Jeremiah 21:5I myself will use my great power and strength to fight against you. I will do that because I am very angry with you.
- Ezekiel 5:13When I have done all that to them, I will not be angry any longer. I will not punish them any more, because it is enough. When I have finished, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken to them. I have been angry with them because they have not been faithful to me.
- Ezekiel 8:18So now I will punish them in my great anger. I will not be sorry for them. I will not be kind to them. They may shout at me for help, but I will not listen to them.’
- Nahum 1:2God is angry with the people in Nineveh. The Lord loves his people. But he is very angry with his enemies. He is so angry with them that he must punish them. He will be angry until he has killed 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
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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
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