레위기 26:1-30 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:19

And I will break the pride of your power ,.... Which the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi interpret of the sanctuary, which they were proud of, trusted in, and boasted of; but was broke or destroyed, first by Nebuchadnezzar, then by the Romans: but it may rather signify their country, the glory of all lands for its fruitfulness, which for their sins should become barren, as follows; or the multitude of their forces, and the strength of their mighty men of war, in which they put their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:20

And your strength shall be spent in vain ,.... In endeavouring to till the ground, to plough, or sow, or to dig about the vines or olives, and prune them: for your land shall not yield its increase ; produce corn, and bring forth grass, the one for the use of men, the other for the use of the cattle, and therefore both must starve: neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits ; such as vines, olives, figs, pomegranates, &c.; which were very plentiful in the land of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:21

And if ye walk contrary unto me ,.... To his mind and will, to his laws, commands, and ordinances, showing no regard unto them by a walk and conversation agreeably to them, but neglecting and breaking them continually; or by chance, as the Targum of Jonathan, not with any intention and design to obey the Lord, and to honour and glorify him, but in a careless and indifferent manner, having no regard to the law of God, only now and then, as it happens, act according to it, but having no... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:22

I will also send wild beasts among you ,.... Either in a literal sense, as lions, bears, wolves, &c.; and so is the reverse of what is promised to them on their doing well, Leviticus 26:6 ; or figuratively, mighty monarchs and cruel oppressors, such as were the kings of Assyria and Babylon, Jeremiah 50:17 , which shall rob you of your children ; as the bears, in a literal sense, destroyed the children of them in the times of Elisha, 2 Kings 2:24 , and destroy your cattle ;... read more

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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

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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

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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

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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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:27

And if ye for all this will not hearken unto me ,.... To his commands, and to his prophets sent unto them time after time, and all his corrections and chastisements being ineffectual to reform them, and make them obedient to him: but walk contrary unto me ; See Gill on Leviticus 26:21 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:28

Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury ,.... As in Leviticus 26:24 ; with this addition, in fury; being greatly provoked, and highly incensed, that no regard was had to him, neither to his commands, nor to his corrections; and therefore would be determined to stir up his wrath, and pour out the fury of his indignation on them, which must be terrible: and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins ; add new and many more chastisements, and that in hot displeasure, for... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:22

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:28

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