God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 26:28
28I will fiercely resist you. I will discipline you seven times for your sins.
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
26I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry. 27“If in spite of this you do not listen to me and still resist me, I will fiercely resist you. I will discipline you seven times for your sins. 29You will eat the bodies of your sons and daughters. 30I will destroy your worship sites, cut down your incense altars, and pile your dead bodies on top of your dead idols. I will look at you with disgust.
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 no longer angry. If only thorns and briars would confront me! I would fight them in battle and set all of them on fire.
- Isaiah 59:18He will pay them back according to their deeds. He will pay back his opponents with wrath and punish his enemies. He will pay back the people who live on the coastlands.
- Isaiah 63:3“I have trampled alone in the winepress. No one was with me. In my anger I trampled on people. In my wrath I stomped on them. Their blood splattered my clothes so all my clothing has been stained.
- Isaiah 66:15The Lord will come with fire and with his chariots like a thunderstorm. He will pay them back with his burning anger and punish them with flames of fire.
- Jeremiah 21:5I will fight you in anger, fury, and rage with my powerful hand and my mighty arm.
- Ezekiel 5:13“I will unleash my anger. I will use my fury against you, and I will get revenge. When my fury is unleashed against you, you will know that I, the Lord, spoke to you while I was angry.
- Ezekiel 8:18So I will take action because I’m angry, and I won’t have compassion for them or feel sorry for them. Even if they shout in my ears, I won’t listen to them.”
- Nahum 1:2God does not tolerate rivals. The Lord takes revenge. The Lord takes revenge and is full of anger. The Lord takes revenge against his enemies and holds a grudge against his foes.
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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