Leviticus 26:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And 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. ”

Leviticus 26:37 - 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 26:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Leviticus 26:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And 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.
Leviticus 26:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And 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. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Leviticus 26:37 - 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 26:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And upon them that are left alive of you. — Better, And as to those that remain of you, as the Authorised Version generally renders this expression. This obviates the insertion of the expression...
Leviticus 26:37 - 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 26:37 - 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 26:37 - 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 26:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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,...
Leviticus 26:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they shall fall one upon another ,.... In their hurry and confusion, everyone making all the haste he can to escape the imaginary danger; or "a man upon his brother" z; his friend, as Aben Ezra...
Leviticus 26:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And 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. Ver. 37. And they shallfall. ] Through feebleness or p...
Leviticus 26:37 - 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 26:37 - 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 26:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They shall fall one upon another, as soldiers use to do when their ranks are broken, and they forced to flee away hastily from their pursuers. When non pursueth; your guilt and fear causing you t...
Leviticus 26:37 - 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 26:37 - 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 26:37 - 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 26:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Leviticus 26:37 - 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 26:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Effects of these Visitations and the Restoration of the Covenant
Leviticus 26:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:15 ; 1 Samuel 14:16 ; Isaiah 10:4 ; Jeremiah 37:10 ; Joshua 7:12 ; Joshua 7:13 ; Judges 2:14 ; Judges 7:22 ; Numbers 14:42
Leviticus 26:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

When none pursueth — Your guilt and fear causing you to imagine that they do pursue when indeed they do not.

Leviticus 26:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Leviticus 26:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Leviticus 26:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Leviticus 26:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Leviticus 26:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Leviticus 26:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Leviticus 26:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Leviticus 26:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 26:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Leviticus 26:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Leviticus 26:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Leviticus 26:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 26:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes