Levítico 26:22

22 Enviaré animales salvajes que los privarán de sus hijos y destruirán su ganado. Ustedes disminuirán en número y sus caminos quedarán desiertos.

Levítico 26:22 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:22

I will also send wild beasts among you
Either in a literal sense, as lions, bears, wolves and so is the reverse of what is promised to them on their doing well, ( Leviticus 26:6 ) ; or figuratively, mighty monarchs and cruel oppressors, such as were the kings of Assyria and Babylon, ( Jeremiah 50:17 ) ; which shall rob you of your children;
as the bears, in a literal sense, destroyed the children of them in the times of Elisha, ( 2 Kings 2:24 ) ; and destroy your cattle;
the tame beasts, who often become a prey to the wild ones, as both those of the flock, and of the herd, sheep and oxen, do to lions, wolves and make you few in number;
or diminish them, their number, by bereaving them of their children, and their wealth and substance, by destroying their cattle: and your [high] ways shall be desolate;
or ways, the word high not being in the text, and may signify both their public and private ones, which would be all forsaken, none caring to venture to walk in them for fear of beasts of prey.

Levítico 26:22 In-Context

20 Todo su trabajo será en vano, porque la tierra no dará cosechas y los árboles no producirán fruto.

21 »Si aun así permanecen hostiles conmigo y rehúsan obedecerme, aumentaré siete veces el desastre a causa de sus pecados.

22 Enviaré animales salvajes que los privarán de sus hijos y destruirán su ganado. Ustedes disminuirán en número y sus caminos quedarán desiertos.

23 »Y si todavía no aprenden la lección y continúan su hostilidad hacia mí,

24 entonces yo mismo seré hostil con ustedes, y los castigaré siete veces con calamidades por sus pecados.