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Leviticus 26:18

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And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

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This verse in Leviticus 26

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me

on Leviticus 26:18-20

Here the shape of the passage appears. The sentence is raised four times by the same phrase, seven times, at verses 18, 21, 24 and 28, and each round follows a fresh refusal to hear. Heaven as iron over earth as brass is a sky that gives no rain above ground that gives no crop, which reverses verse 4 clause for clause.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me,.... If such corrections by diseases of body, and by giving them up into the hands of their enemies, should be ineffectual to reform them, and bring them to obedience to the statutes and commandments of God, but should continue in their disobedience to him, and rebellion against him: then I will punish you seven times more for your sins; that is, abundantly more, with sorer punishments, and these more frequently repeated.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

If you will not learn obedience by the things which you suffer, but be as deaf to the loud alarms of God's judgments as you have been to the close reasonings of his word and the secret whispers of your own consciences, you are obstinate indeed." (2.) " If you walk contrary to me,

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאִ֨ם־and if

    veim-H518 →1069 times

  • עַד־up to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • אֵ֔לֶּהthese [things]

    ʾelehH428 →746 times

  • לֹ֥אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • תִשְׁמְע֖וּyou will listen

    tishmeuH8085 →1159 times

  • לִ֑יto <the> me

    li

  • וְיָסַפְתִּי֙and I will repeat

    veyasaftiH3254 →212 times

  • לְיַסְּרָ֣הto discipline

    leyaserahH3256 →43 times

  • אֶתְכֶ֔ם<obj.> you

    ʾetkhemH853 →10935 times

  • שֶׁ֖בַעsevenfold

    sheva'H7651 →394 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃sins your

    chatoteikhemH2403 →295 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 22:18I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.9 worksLeviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.5 worksLeviticus 26:14If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,5 worksLeviticus 26:24then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.4 worksLeviticus 26:28then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.4 works1 Samuel 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.4 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Leviticus 4:6The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary.3 worksDaniel 3:19At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,3 worksJeremiah 4:20Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.3 worksProverbs 24:16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.2 worksPsalms 119:164Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous judgments.2 worksJeremiah 36:32Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.2 worksNehemiah 13:18Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”2 worksNehemiah 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.2 worksPsalms 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.2 works2 Chronicles 28:17The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.2 worksDeuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.2 worksExodus 9:14Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Proverbs 24:16

    For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 37:24

      Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

    • Psalms 34:19

      Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

    • Micah 7:8–10

      Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

    • Job 5:19

      He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

    • 2 Corinthians 4:8–12

      We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

  • Through

    1 Samuel 2:5

    The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

    it leads to

    • Luke 1:53

      He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

    • Jeremiah 15:9

      The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put…

    • Psalms 113:9

      He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother to her children. Hallelujah!

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 26 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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