Leviticus 26:14–33

¹⁴“But if you do not obey me and observe all these commands—¹⁵if you reject my statutes and despise my ordinances, and do not observe all my commands—and break my covenant, ¹⁶then I will do this to you: I will bring terror^m on you—wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it. ¹⁷I will turn^A against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even though no one is pursuing you.ⁿ

¹⁸“But if after these things you will not obey me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins.^{a 19}I will break down your strong pride. I will make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, ²⁰and your strength will be used up for nothing.^b Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

²¹“If you act with hostility toward me and are unwilling to obey me, I will multiply your plagues seven times for your sins.^{c 22}I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.^d

²³“If in spite of these things you do not accept my discipline, but act with hostility toward me, ²⁴then I will act with hostility toward you; I also will strike you seven times for your sins. ²⁵I will bring a sword against you^e to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands. ²⁶When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and ration out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.^f

²⁷“And if in spite of this you do not obey me but act with hostility toward me, ²⁸I will act with furious hostility toward you; I will also discipline you seven times for your sins. ²⁹You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.^{g 30}I will destroy your high places, cut down your shrines,^B and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols;^h I will reject you. ³¹I will reduce your cities to ruins and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.^{i 32}I also will devastate the land, so that your enemies who come to live there will be appalled by it. ³³But I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw a sword to chase after you. So your land will become desolate, and your cities will become ruins.