Leviticus 26:21–26

26:21 “ ‘If you walk in hostility against me32 and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction33 seven times according to your sins. 26:22 I will send the wild animals34 against you and they will bereave you of your children,35 annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population36 so that your roads will become deserted.

26:23 “ ‘If in spite of these things37 you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me,38 26:24 I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you39 seven times on account of your sins. 26:25 I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance.40 Although41 you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands.42 26:26 When I break off your supply of bread,43 ten women will bake your bread in one oven; they will ration your bread by weight,44 and you will eat and not be satisfied.

32	tn Heb “hostile with me,” but see the added preposition בְּ (bet) on the phrase “in hostility” in v. 24 and 27.
33	tn Heb “your blow, stroke”; cf. TEV “punishment”; NLT “I will inflict you with seven more disasters.”
34	tn Heb “the animal of the field.” This collective singular has been translated as a plural. The expression “animal of the field” refers to a wild (i.e., nondomesticated) animal.
35	tn The words “of your children” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied.
36	tn Heb “and diminish you.”
37	tn Heb “And if in these.”
38	tn Heb “with me,” but see the added preposition בְּ (bet) on the phrase “in hostility” in vv. 24 and 27.
39	tn Heb “and I myself will also strike you.”
40	tn Heb “vengeance of covenant”; cf. NAB “the avenger of my covenant.”
41	tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) has a concessive force in this context.
42	tn Heb “in hand of enemy,” but Tg. Ps.-J. and Tg. Neof. have “in the hands of your enemies” (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 454).
43	tn Heb “When I break to you staff of bread” (KJV, ASV, and NASB all similar).
44	tn Heb “they will return your bread in weight.”