Leviticus 26:18

'And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, — then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

In Context

17and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

19and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass;

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Cross References

Exodus 9:14for, at this time I am sending all My plagues unto thy heart, and on thy servants, and on thy people, so that thou knowest that there is none like Me in all the earth,

Leviticus 26:24then I have walked — I also — with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins;

1 Samuel 2:5The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished.

Proverbs 24:16For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.

Jeremiah 14:4Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:15-40

Threatenings. ( b. c. 1490.) 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face… Read the whole commentary →

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