Leviticus 26:14

Covenant curses

14 But if you do not obey me and do not carry out all these commands—

Leviticus 26:14 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:14

But if ye will not hearken unto me
To his commandments, as the rule of their duty, and to his promises, as an encouragement to it, or to his prophets and ministers, explaining and enforcing his law, and exhorting to a cheerful obedience to it; so the Targum of Jonathan,

``if ye will not hearken to the doctrine of them that teach my laws;''

which was the sin of the Jews in later times, for which captivity and other calamities befell them, ( Jeremiah 7:25 ) ( Jeremiah 25:3 Jeremiah 25:4 ) ( 44:5 ) ; and will not do all these commandments;
which he had delivered to them by Moses, whether moral, ceremonial, or judicial, recorded in this book and in the preceding; even all of them were to be respected, attended to, and performed, for the law curses everyone that does not do all things it requires, ( Galatians 3:10 ) .

Leviticus 26:14 In-Context

12 I will walk around among you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.

13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt's land—who brought you out from being Egypt's slaves. I broke your bonds and made you stand up straight.

14 But if you do not obey me and do not carry out all these commands—

15 if you reject my rules and despise my regulations, not doing all my commands and breaking my covenant—

16 then I will do the following to you: I will bring horrific things: wasting diseases and fevers that make the eyes fail and drain life away. You will plant seed for no reason because your enemies will eat the food.