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
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 26:14-39
After God had set the blessing before them (the life and good which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient), he here sets the curse before them, the death and evil which would make them as miserable if they were disobedient. Let them not think themselves so deeply rooted as that God's power could not ruin them, nor so highly favoured as that his justice would not ruin them if they revolted from him and rebelled against him; no You only have I known, therefore I will punish... read more