Lexham English Bible

Leviticus 26:9-29 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

9. And I will turn to you, and I will make you fruitful, and I will make you numerous; and I will keep my covenant with you.

10. And you shall eat old grain, and you shall clear away the old before the new.

11. And I will put my dwelling place in your midst, and my inner self shall not abhor you.

12. And I will walk about in your midst, and I shall be your God, and you shall be my people.

13. I am Yahweh, your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves; and I broke the bars of your yoke, and I caused you to walk erectly.

14. “ ‘But if you do not listen to me and you do not carry out all these commands,

15. and if you reject my statutes and if your inner self abhors my regulations, to not carry out all my commands by your breaking my covenant,

16. I in turn will do this to you: then I will summon onto you horror, the wasting disease, and the fever that wastes eyes and that drains away life; and you shall sow your seed in vain, and your enemies shall eat it.

17. And I will set my face against you, and you shall be defeated before your enemies; and your haters shall rule over you, and you shall flee away, but there shall not be anybody who is pursuing you.

18. “ ‘And if in spite of these things you do not listen to me, then I will continue to discipline you seven times for your sins.

19. And I will break the pride of your strength; and I will make your heaven like iron and your land like copper.

20. And your strength shall be consumed in vain; and your land shall not give its produce, and the land’s trees shall not give their fruit.

21. “ ‘And if you go against me in hostility and you are not willing to listen to me, then I will add a plague onto you seven times according to your sins.

22. And I will send wild animals out among you, and they shall make you childless, and they shall cut down your domestic animals, and they shall make you fewer; and your roads shall be desolate.

23. “ ‘And if you do not accept correction from me through these things, but you go against me in hostility,

24. then I myself will also go against you in hostility, and I myself also will strike you seven times for your sins.

25. And I will bring upon you a sword that seeks vengeance for the covenant, and you shall be gathered to your cities; and I will send a plague in your midst, and you shall be given into the hand of an enemy.

26. At my breaking the supply of bread for you, then ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall return your bread by weight; and you shall eat it, and you shall not be satisfied.

27. “ ‘And if through this you do not listen to me and you go against me in hostility,

28. then I will go against you in hostile anger, and also I myself will discipline you seven times for your sins.

29. And you shall eat the flesh of your sons; and the flesh of your daughters you shall eat.