The Bible in Its Traditions

Leviticus 26:14–39

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14  But if ye will not hearken unto Me, and will not do all these commandments;

14  But if you will not listen to me, nor accomplish all of my commandments,

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15  and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant;

Lv26:15  but disobey them, and your soul should loathe my judgements, so that ye should not keep all my commands, so as to break my covenant,

15  if you despise my laws, and disdain my judgments, so that you do not accomplish those things which have been established by me, and so that you lead my covenant away into nullification,

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16  I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall make the eyes to fail, and the soul to languish; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Lv26:16  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 disease that consumes your life; and ye shall sow your seeds in vain, and your enemies shall eat them.

16  then I also will do these things to you. I will quickly visit you with destitution, and burning heat, which will waste away your eyes, and consume your lives. In vain will you sow your seed, which will be devoured by your enemies.

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17  And I will set My face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies; they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

17  I will set my face against you, and you will fall down before your enemies, and you will be subjugated to those who hate you. You will flee, though no one pursues.

18  And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

18  But if you will not be obedient to me in this way, then I will add sevenfold to your chastisement, because of your sins.

19  And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass.

19  And I will crush the pride in your hardness, and I will give to you heaven above like iron, and the earth below like brass.

20  And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

20  Your labor will be consumed to no purpose; the land will not bring forth seedlings, nor will the trees provide their fruit.

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21  And if ye walk contrary unto Me, and will not hearken unto Me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

Lv26:21  And if after this ye should walk perversely, and not be willing to obey me, I will further bring upon you seven plagues according to your sins.

21  If you walk as an adversary to me, and if you are not willing to listen to me, I will add sevenfold to your plagues, because of your sins.

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22  And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.

Lv26:22  And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.

22  I will also send wild beasts against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your cattle and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.

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23  And if in spite of these things ye will not be corrected unto Me, but will walk contrary unto Me;

Lv26:23  And if hereupon ye are not corrected, but walk perversely towards me,

23  But if you are not willing to receive discipline in this way, and you still walk as an adversary to me,

24  then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.

Lv26:24  I also will walk with you with a perverse spirit, and I also will smite you seven times for your sins.

24  likewise, I will advance against you as an adversary, and I will strike you seven times, because of your sins.

25  And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities; and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

Lv26:25  And I will bring upon you a sword avenging the cause of my covenant, and ye shall flee for refuge to your cities; and I will send out death against you, and ye shall be delivered into the hands of your enemies.

25  And I will lead over you the sword that shall avenge my covenant. And when you will have fled into the cities, I will send a pestilence into your midst, and you will be delivered into the hands of your enemies.

26  When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Lv26:26  When I afflict you with famine of bread, then ten women shall bake your loaves in one oven, and they shall render your loaves by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

26  After this, I will have broken the staff of your bread, so that ten women bake bread in one oven, and distribute it by weight. And you shall eat and not be filled.

27  And if ye will not for all this hearken unto Me, but walk contrary unto Me;

Lv26:27  And if hereupon ye will not obey me, but walk perversely towards me,

27  Then, if you will not listen to me through these things, and you still walk against me,

28  then I will walk contrary unto you in fury; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

Lv26:28  then will I walk with you with a froward mind, and I will chasten you seven-fold according to your sins.

28  then I also will advance against you, with an opposing fury, and I will chastise you with seven plagues, because of your sins

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29  And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

29  so much so that you will eat the flesh of your sons and your daughters.

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30  And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols; and My soul shall abhor you.

Lv26:30  And I will render your pillars desolate, and will utterly destroy your wooden images made with hands; and I will lay your carcases on the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall loathe you.

30  I will destroy your high places, and I will break apart your false images. You will fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul will abominate you

31  And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

Lv26:31  And I will lay your cities waste, and I will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell the savour of your sacrifices.

31  so much so that I will reduce your cities to a wilderness, and I will make your Sanctuaries desolate, and I will no longer accept the most sweet odors.

32  And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

Lv26:32  And I will lay your land desolate, and your enemies who dwell in it shall wonder at it.

32  And I will utterly ruin your land, and your enemies shall be stupefied at it, when they will have become its inhabitants.

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33  And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

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34  Then shall the land be paid her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and repay her sabbaths.

Lv26:34  Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation.

34  Then the land will be pleased by her Sabbaths, throughout all the days of her solitude. So, while you will be

35  As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest; even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

Lv26:35  And ye shall be in the land of your enemies; then the land shall keep its sabbaths, and the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation: it shall keep sabbaths which it kept not among your sabbaths, when ye dwelt in it.

35  in the land of the enemy, she will worship and rest in the Sabbath of her solitude, because she will not have rested in your Sabbaths, when you lived in her.

36  And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Lv26:36  And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them.

36  And whoever of you will remain, I will send terror into their hearts in the regions of their enemies. The sound of a flying leaf will terrify them, and so they will flee, as if from the sword. They will fall, though no one pursues.

37  And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Lv26:37  And brother shall disregard brother as in war, when none pursues; and ye shall not be able to withstand your enemies.

37  And they will each fall upon their brothers, as if they were fleeing from wars; no one among you will dare to resist your foes.

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38  And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

38  You will perish among the Gentiles, and the land of the enemy will consume you.

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39  And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

Lv26:39  And those who are left of you shall perish, because of their sins, and because of the sins of their fathers: in the land of their enemies shall they consume away.

39  But if some few of these still remain, they shall waste away in their iniquities, in the land of their enemies, and they will be afflicted, because of the sins of their fathers and their own sins,