Leviticus 26:14-26

New American Standard Bible 1995

Penalties of Disobedience

¹⁴ ‘^(A)But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments, ¹⁵ if, instead, you ^(B)reject My statutes, and if your soul abhors My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, and so ^(C)break My covenant, ¹⁶ I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a ^(D)sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the ^(E)soul to pine away; also, ^(F)you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up. ¹⁷ I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and ^(G)those who hate you will rule over you, and ^(H)you will flee when no one is pursuing you. ¹⁸ If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you ^(I)seven times more for your sins. ¹⁹ I will also ^(J)break down your pride of power; I will also make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze. ^20 (K)Your strength will be spent uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

²¹ ‘If then, you ^[a](L)act with hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you ^(M)seven times according to your sins. ^22 (N)I will let loose among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave you of your children and destroy your cattle and reduce your number so that ^(O)your roads lie deserted.

²³ ‘^(P)And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act with hostility against Me, ²⁴ then I will ^(Q)act with hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you ^(R)seven times for your sins. ²⁵ I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute ^(S)vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send ^(T)pestilence among you, so that you shall be delivered into enemy hands. ^26 (U)When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring back your bread ^[b]in rationed amounts, so that you will ^(V)eat and not be satisfied.