Leviticus 26:14–26

Punishment for Disobedience

¹⁴“ ‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,^{p 15}and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws^q and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,^{r 16}then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever^s that will destroy your sight and sap your strength.^t You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.^{u 17}I will set my face^v against you so that you will be defeated^w by your enemies;^x those who hate you will rule over you,^y and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.^z

¹⁸“ ‘If after all this you will not listen to me,^a I will punish^b you for your sins seven times over.^{c 19}I will break down your stubborn pride^d and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.^{e 20}Your strength will be spent in vain,^f because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.^g

²¹“ ‘If you remain hostile^h toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over,ⁱ as your sins deserve. ²²I will send wild animals^j against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few^k in number that your roads will be deserted.^l

²³“ ‘If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction^m but continue to be hostile toward me, ²⁴I myself will be hostileⁿ toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over. ²⁵And I will bring the sword^o on you to avenge^p the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague^q among you, and you will be given into enemy hands. ²⁶When I cut off your supply of bread,^r ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.