Leviticus 26:14–38

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 ^kon 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 ^lagainst 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. ^m

¹⁸“But if after these things you will not obey Me, I will proceed to discipline you seven times for your sins. ⁿ¹⁹I 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. ^oYour 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. ^p22I 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. ^q

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 ^rto 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, 10 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. ^s

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. ^t30I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your dead bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; ^uI will reject you. ³¹I will reduce your cities to ruins and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices. ^v32I 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.

³⁴“Then the land will make up for its Sabbath years during the time it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and make up for its Sabbaths. ³⁵As long as it lies desolate, it will have the rest it did not have during your Sabbaths when you lived there.

³⁶“I will put anxiety in the hearts of those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a wind-driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from a sword, and fall though no one is pursuing them. ³⁷They will stumble over one another as if fleeing from a sword though no one is pursuing them. You will not be able to stand against your enemies. ³⁸You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.