Leviticus 26:22-32

22 I will send wild animals among you. They will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and make you so few that your roads will be deserted.

23 "If this discipline does not help and you still resist,

24 then I, too, will resist you. I will punish you seven times for your sins.

25 I will bring war on you to get revenge for my promise [that you rejected]. When you gather in your cities, I will send plagues on you and you will fall under the control of your enemy.

26 I 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,

28 I will fiercely resist you. I will discipline you seven times for your sins.

29 You will eat the bodies of your sons and daughters.

30 I 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.

31 I will make your cities deserted and ruin your sacred places. I will no longer accept the soothing aroma from your sacrifices.

32 I will make your land so deserted that your enemies will be shocked as they settle in it.

Leviticus 26:22-32 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 26

In this chapter, after a repetition of some laws against idolatry, and concerning keeping sabbaths, and reverencing the sanctuary of God, Le 26:1,2; in order to encourage the Israelites to keep the various statutes and commandments in this book, and in the preceding, many promises are made of plenty, and peace, and safety from enemies, and of the presence of God with them, Le 26:3-13; and on the contrary, to such as should despise and break his commandments, the most grievous things are threatened, as diseases of body, destruction by their enemies, barrenness and unfruitfulness of land, the sore judgments of wild beasts, famine, sword, and pestilence, Le 26:14-39; and yet after all, when they should confess their sins, and were humbled for them, the Lord promises to remember the covenant he made with their ancestors, and would deal kindly with them, and not cast them away, and utterly destroy them, Le 26:40-46.