Leviticus 26:14

14 But if ye will not hearken to me, nor obey these my ordinances,

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 and I will walk among you, and be your God, and ye shall be my people.

13 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where ye were slaves; and I broke the band of your yoke, and brought you forth openly.

14 But if ye will not hearken to me, nor obey these my ordinances,

15 but disobey them, and your soul should loathe my judgments, so that ye should not keep all my commands, so as to break my covenant,

16 then will I do thus to you: I will even bring upon you perplexity and the itch, and the fever that causes your eyes to waste away, and that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.