Leviticus 26:14-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:23

And if ye will not be reformed by these things ,.... Corrected and amended by these punishments, be prevailed upon to return from their evil ways to the Lord, and walk in his commandments, and keep his judgments, and do them: but will walk contrary unto me ; See Gill on Leviticus 26:21 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:24

Then I will also walk contrary unto you ,.... Opposing himself unto them as their enemy, fighting against them in his providence, whetting his sword, bending his bow, and causing the arrows of his wrath and vengeance to fall upon them; or behaving towards them in a careless and indifferent manner, not regarding what befell them, showing no peculiar concern for them, or as exercising any particular providence over them; but as if everything came by chance to them, which was the language of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:25

And I will bring a sword upon you ,.... War upon them by the sword of their enemies; they that use and kill with the sword, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; their neighbours that delighted in war, and bore an implacable, hatred unto them, and gladly embraced every opportunity of shedding their blood, and ravaging their country: that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant ; the covenant made with them at Sinai, which they transgressed, and for which vengeance would be taken on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:26

And when I have broken the staff of your bread ,.... Brought a famine, at least a scarcity of provisions upon them, deprived them of bread, the staff of life, by which it is supported; or however made it very scarce among them, so that they had hardly a sufficiency to sustain nature, and perhaps the blessing of nourishment withheld from that; see Isaiah 3:1 , ten women shall bake your bread in one oven ; for want of wood, according to Jarchi; or rather through scarcity of bread corn,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:15

If ye shall despise my statutes - abhor my judgments - As these words, and others of a similar import, which point out different properties of the revelation of God, are frequently occurring, I Judge it best to take a general view of them, once for all, in this place, and show how they differ among themselves, and what property of the Divine law each points out. Statutes. חקת chukkoth , from חק chak , to mark out, define, etc. This term seems to signify the things which God has... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:16

I will even appoint over you terror, etc. - How dreadful is this curse! A whole train of evils are here personified and appointed to be the governors of a disobedient people. Terror is to be one of their keepers. How awful a state! to be continually under the influence of dismay, feeling indescribable evils, and fearing worse! Consumption, שחפת shachepheth , generally allowed to be some kind of atrophy or marasmus, by which the flesh was consumed, and the whole body dried up by raging... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:22

I will also send wild beasts among you - God fulfilled these threatenings at different times. He sent fiery Serpents among them, Numbers 21:6 ; Lions, 2 Kings 17:25 ; Bears, 2 Kings 2:24 , and threatened them with total desolation, so that their land should be overrun with wild beasts, etc., see Ezekiel 5:17 . "Spiritually," says Mr. Ainsworth, "these are wicked rulers and tyrants that kill and spoil, Proverbs 28:15 ; Daniel 7:3-6 ; Psalm 80:13 ; and false prophets that devour... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:26

Ten women shall bake your bread in one oven - Though in general every family in the East bakes its own bread, yet there are some public bakehouses where the bread of several families is baked at a certain price. Moses here foretells that the desolation should be so great and the want so pressing that there should be many idle hands to be employed, many mouths to be fed, and very little for each: Ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, etc. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:14

Verse 14 14.But if ye will not hearken unto me. Thus far a kind invitation has been set before the people in the shape of promises, in order that the observance of the Law might be rendered pleasant and agreeable; since, as we have already seen, our obedience is then only approved by God when we obey willingly. But, inasmuch as the sluggishness of our flesh has need of spurring, threatenings are also added to inspire terror, and at any rate to extort what ought to have been spontaneously... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:15

Verse 15 15.And if ye shall despise my statutes. This seems only to apply to ungodly and depraved apostates, who deliberately revolt from the service and worship of God: for if a person falls through infirmity, and offends from levity and inconsideration, he will not be said to have despised God’s Law, or to have made void His covenant. And certainly it is probable that God designedly spoke of gross rebellion, which could not be extenuated under the pretense of error. Still it must be borne in... read more

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