Leviticus 26:21

21 "If you defy me and refuse to listen, your punishment will be seven times more than your sins:

Leviticus 26:21 In-Context

19 I'll break your strong pride: I'll make the skies above you like a sheet of tin and the ground under you like cast iron.
20 No matter how hard you work, nothing will come of it: No crops out of the ground, no fruit off the trees.
21 "If you defy me and refuse to listen, your punishment will be seven times more than your sins:
22 I'll set wild animals on you; they'll rob you of your children, kill your cattle, and decimate your numbers until you'll think you are living in a ghost town.
23 "And if even this doesn't work and you refuse my discipline and continue your defiance,
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