“ And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; ”
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...
The results of neglect of the third warning: the extremities of famine and captivity; siege; desolation of the country, destruction of the cities, uselessness of all religious observances; dispersion...
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
And if he will not for all this hearken unto me. — Better, And if, notwithstanding these, ye will not hearken unto me, that is, if in spite of these awful punishments they persist in rebellion ag...
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...
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....
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...
Reader! still keep your mind in contemplation on the process of divine judgments. From temporal punishments the LORD proceeds to spiritual. And when it comes to this, that the sanctuary is desolate,...
And if ye for all this will not hearken unto me ,.... To his commands, and to his prophets sent unto them time after time, and all his corrections and chastisements being ineffectual to reform them,...
And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; Ver. 27. But walk contrary unto me. ] Or, At all adventures with me.
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...
Threatenings. B. C. 1490. 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all thes...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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 26:1 . 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...
Then I will walk contrary unto you. God’s determination to punish sinners I. As affecting supposition stated. “If ye will not,” &c. The Lord here supposes that His people may commit three g...
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;...
The Curse upon the Disobedient
Leviticus 26:21 ; Leviticus 26:24