Leviticus 26:18

18 " 'And if in spite of these [things] you do not listen to me, then I will continue to discipline you seven times for your sins.

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 I {in turn} will do this to you: then I will summon onto you horror, the wasting disease, and the fever that wastes eyes and that drains away life; and you shall sow your seed {in vain}, and your enemies shall eat it.

17 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be defeated {before} your enemies; and your haters shall rule over you, and you shall flee away, but there shall not be {anybody who is pursuing} you.

18 " 'And if in spite of these [things] you do not listen to me, then I will continue to discipline you seven times for your sins.

19 And I will break the pride of your strength; and I will make your heaven like iron and your land like copper.

20 And your strength shall be consumed {in vain}; and your land shall not give its produce, and the land's trees shall not give their fruit.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "and"