Leviticus 26:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if ye walk contraryb unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. ”

Leviticus 26:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-23 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33 , so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage re...
Leviticus 26:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And if ye walk (k) contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. (k) Or as some read, by fortune, imputing my plagues to chan...
Leviticus 26:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The punishments of disobedience: plague and defeat, to be followed, after neglect of this warning, by infertility and wild animals and, if repentance is still withheld, by the threefold penalty of sw...
Leviticus 26:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

contrary. First occurrence, and only in this chapter (seven times).
Leviticus 26:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

21. And if ye walk. Translators give various renderings of the word קרי, (226) keri. The Chaldee takes it to mean with hardness, as if it were their purpose to contend against God. J...
Leviticus 26:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And 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.
Leviticus 26:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If ye walk contrary unto me— In the 23rd and 24th verses, &c. this same phrase is used. The Hebrew is, literally, in opposition to me; [בקרי bekeri, ] and, consequently, the remarks which so...
Leviticus 26:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And 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. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Leviticus 26:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Concluding Exhortations Similar exhortations are found at the conelusion of other codes of laws, as in Exodus 23:20 ,; and frequently in Deuteronomy, e.g. in Leviticus 28. The leading ideas and p...
Leviticus 26:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And if ye walk contrary unto me. — That is, continue the defiance of the Divine law, and rebel against God’s authority. The third warning, contained in Leviticus 26:21-22 , threatens them with des...
Leviticus 26:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE PROMISES AND THREATS OF THE COVENANT Leviticus 26:1-46 ONE would have expected that this chapter would have been the last in the book of Leviticus, for it forms a natural and fitting close...
Leviticus 26:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Desolation and Captivity for the Stubborn Leviticus 26:21-46 Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods....
Leviticus 26:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In these brief repetitions of laws two gracious promises and solemn warnings were set forth. The laws reiterated were fundamental. There must be no idolatry. There must be perpetual observance of the...
Leviticus 26:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader in this view of the divine progress in correction, do not overlook that all is in tender mercy. It should seem that the prophet had in contemplation this chapter when he speaks of GOD'S four s...
Leviticus 26:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if ye walk contrary unto me ,.... To his mind and will, to his laws, commands, and ordinances, showing no regard unto them by a walk and conversation agreeably to them, but neglecting and breaki...
Leviticus 26:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And 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. Ver. 21. Contrary unto me. ] Or, Carelessly before me; as our...
Leviticus 26:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If ye walk contrary to me Hebrews קרי, keri , from קרה, karah , it happened. If ye walk with me by accident , or chance , or, as it happens. The ancient versions, however, favour our translat...
Leviticus 26:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter is more or less a summary of the moral lessons of the book of Leviticus, a chapter that presses home the seriousness of having to do with a God of absolute holiness and truth. It is divi...
Leviticus 26:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings. B. C. 1490. 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all thes...
Leviticus 26:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Contrary unto me, or, carelessly or heedlessly with me, or before me, i.e. so as to be careless and unconcerned whether you please me or offend me. This is opposed to exact and circumspect walkin...
Leviticus 26:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Cursings ( Leviticus 26:14-38 ). In the ancient second millennium covenants the cursings were regularly more than the blessings, and so it is here. The devastating consequence of disobedience...
Leviticus 26:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Religion as determining a Nation’s Destiny SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 26:1-13 .—If ye walk in My statutes, etc. The Lord engaged to enrich them as a nation with temporal blessings and religio...
Leviticus 26:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 26:1 . Neither set up any image of stone, any large sightly stone. The druids were apt to bring or roll large stones from afar, as at Stone-henge, at Shap in Westmoreland; at Stanton Dre...
Leviticus 26:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION . EXPOSITION THE first two verses of this chapter contain a prohibition of idolatry, and a command to observe the sabbath and to reverence God's sanctuary;...
Leviticus 26:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Curse upon the Disobedient
Leviticus 26:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Leviticus 26:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Leviticus 26:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 26:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 26:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 26:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 26:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 26:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 26:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 26:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 26:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 26:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 26:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge