Leviticus 26:18

18 "But if after these things you will not obey Me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins.^[a]

Leviticus 26:18 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:18

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me
If such corrections by diseases of body, and by giving them up into the hands of their enemies, should be ineffectual to reform them, and bring them to obedience to the statutes and commandments of God, but should continue in their disobedience to him, and rebellion against him: then I will punish you seven times more for your sins;
that is, abundantly more, with sorer punishments, and these more frequently repeated.

Leviticus 26:18 In-Context

16 then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you-wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

17 I will turn against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even though no one is pursuing you.

18 "But if after these things you will not obey Me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins.

19 I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze,

20 and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lv 26:21; Gn 4:15,24; Heb 12:4-11