Leviticus 26 ~ Leviticus 26

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1 Y e shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.

You shall make for yourselves no idols nor shall you erect a graven image, pillar, or obelisk, nor shall you place any figured stone in your land to which or on which to bow down; for I am the Lord your God.

2 Y e shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.

You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary. I am the Lord.

3 I f ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments and do them,

4 T hen I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase and the trees of the field yield their fruit.

5 A nd your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.

And your threshing shall reach to the vintage and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time, and you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely.

6 A nd I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

I will give peace in the land; you shall lie down and none shall fill you with dread or make you afraid; and I will clear ferocious (wild) beasts out of the land, and no sword shall go through your land.

7 A nd ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

8 A nd five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

9 F or I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.

For I will be leaning toward you with favor and regard for you, rendering you fruitful, multiplying you, and establishing and ratifying My covenant with you.

10 A nd ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

And you shall eat the old store of produce long kept, and clear out the old for the new.

11 A nd I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

I will set My dwelling in and among you, and My soul shall not despise or reject or separate itself from you.

12 A nd I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

And I will walk in and with and among you and will be your God, and you shall be My people.

13 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

I am the Lord your God, Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should no more be slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect.

14 B ut if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

But if you will not hearken to Me and will not do all these commandments,

15 A nd if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

And if you spurn and despise My statutes, and if your soul despises and rejects My ordinances, so that you will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant,

16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

I will do this: I will appoint over you terror (trembling, trouble), even consumption and fever that consume and waste the eyes and make the life pine away. You shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

17 A nd I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

I will set My face against you and you shall be defeated and slain before your enemies; they who hate you shall rule over you; you shall flee when no one pursues you.

18 A nd if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

And if in spite of all this you still will not listen and be obedient to Me, then I will chastise and discipline you seven times more for your sins.

19 A nd I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

And I will break and humble your pride in your power, and I will make your heavens as iron and your earth as brass.

20 A nd your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

And your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.

21 A nd if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

If you walk contrary to Me and will not heed Me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you, according to your sins.

22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.

I will loose the wild beasts of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few so that your roads shall be deserted and desolate.

23 A nd if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

If by these means you are not turned to Me but determine to walk contrary to Me,

24 T hen will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

I also will walk contrary to you, and I will smite you seven times for your sins.

25 A nd I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

And I will bring a sword upon you that shall execute the vengeance of My covenant; and you shall be gathered together within your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hands of the enemy.

26 A nd when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

When I break your staff of bread and cut off your supply of food, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall ration your bread and deliver it again by weight; and you shall eat, and not be satisfied.

27 A nd if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

And if in spite of all this you will not listen and give heed to Me but walk contrary to Me,

28 T hen I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

Then I will walk contrary to you in wrath, and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

29 A nd ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

You shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters.

30 A nd I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and throw your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols, and My soul shall abhor you.

31 A nd I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

I will lay your cities waste, bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the fragrance of your sweet and soothing odors.

32 A nd I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

And I will bring the land into desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.

33 A nd I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

I will scatter you among the nations and draw out sword after you; and your land shall be desolate and your cities a waste.

34 T hen shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land; then shall the land rest, to enjoy and receive payments for its sabbaths.

35 A s long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

As long as it lies desolate and waste, it shall have rest, the rest it did not have in your sabbaths when you dwelt upon it.

36 A nd upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

As for those who are left of you, I will send dejection (lack of courage, a faintness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to hasty and tumultuous flight, and they shall flee as if from the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

37 A nd they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

They shall stumble over one another as if to escape a sword when no one pursues them; and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

38 A nd ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

You shall perish among the nations; the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

39 A nd they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

And those of you who are left shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away like them.

40 I f they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

But if they confess their own and their fathers’ iniquity in their treachery which they committed against Me—and also that because they walked contrary to Me

41 A nd that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they then accept the punishment for their iniquity,

42 T hen will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

Then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, My covenant with Isaac, and My covenant with Abraham, and remember the land.

43 T he land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

But the land shall be left behind them and shall enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they shall accept the punishment for their sins and make amends because they despised and rejected My ordinances and their soul scorned and rejected My statutes.

44 A nd yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.

And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not spurn and cast them away, neither will I despise and abhor them to destroy them utterly and to break My covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God.

45 B ut I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the Lord.

But I will for their sake remember the covenant with their forefathers whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord.

46 T hese are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws which the Lord made between Him and the Israelites on Mount Sinai through Moses.