“ ‘If by these things you won’t be turned back to me, but will walk contrary to me,
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“ ‘If by these things you won’t be turned back to me, but will walk contrary to me,
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And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
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And if in spite of these things ye will not be corrected unto Me, but will walk contrary unto Me;
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Passages linked to Leviticus 26:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Jeremiah 5:3 O Yahweh, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
- Jeremiah 2:30 “I have struck your children in vain. They received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Amos 4:6-12 “I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in every town; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. “I also have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city. One place was rained on, and the piece where it didn’t rain withered. So two or three cities staggered to one city to drink water, and were not satisfied: yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. “I struck you with blight and mildew many times in your gardens and your vineyards; and the swarming locusts have devoured your fig trees and your olive trees; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. “I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses; and I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. “I have overthrown some of you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a burning stick plucked out of the fire; yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh. “Therefore thus I will do to you, Israel; because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel.
- Leviticus 26:21 “ ‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.
- Isaiah 1:16-20 Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.” “Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword; for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.”
- Ezekiel 24:13-14 “ ‘ “In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I have cleansed you and you weren’t cleansed, you won’t be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest. I, Yahweh, have spoken it. It will happen, and I will do it. I won’t go back. I won’t spare. I won’t repent. According to your ways, and according to your doings, they will judge you,” says the Lord Yahweh.’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 26:23 And if ye will not be reformed…
Lev 26:23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
Ver. 23. Ye. will not be reformed.] Or chastised. God will master us; but the wicked refuse to receive corrections: like naughty boys they prove more stubborn or more stupid: they stout it out, and will not stoop. When God’s "hand is lifted up they will not see; but they shall see and be ashamed." {Isa 26:11}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then I will also walk contrary unto you,.... Opposing…
Then I will also walk contrary unto you,.... Opposing himself unto them as their enemy, fighting against them in his providence, whetting his sword, bending his bow, and causing the arrows of his wrath and vengeance to fall upon them; or behaving towards them in a careless and indifferent manner, not regarding what befell them, showing no peculiar concern for them, or as exercising any particular providence over them; but as if everything came by chance to them, which was the language of their actions, if not of their lips:
and will punish you yet seven times for your sins; add fresh corrections, and these greater than before, and more numerous in proportion to their aggravated transgressions.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 23. If ye will not be reformed — The…
23. If ye will not be reformed — The natural evil, or suffering, entailed in this world by moral evil, or sin, is corrective and not strictly penal. In this life it is of the nature of a purgative in its design; in the life to come it is a punishment, not for the amendment of the convict but for the conservation of the moral order of the universe, and hence a blessing when thus broadly viewed.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. be reformed unto] rather, be disciplined by. See…
23. be reformed unto] rather, be disciplined by. See mg.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) And if ye will not be reformed.—The fourth…
(23) And if ye will not be reformed.—The fourth warning (Lev_26:23-26) threatens the rebellious Israelites with a more intensified form of the punishment partially mentioned in the first warning. (See Lev_26:17.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 23-26. Punishment in its fourth degree. I will…
Vers. 23-26. Punishment in its fourth degree. I will bring a sword upon yon, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant:... I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy that is, ye shall go into captivity... and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. Cf. Eze_5:12, "A third part of thee shall die with pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them." The famine that is to come upon them is described as making ten women bake bread in one oven, whereas in ordinary times one oven was only sufficient for one woman"s baking and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight; that is, the quantity baked will have to be weighed out in rations, before any one is allowed to take it. See 2Ki_6:25 Isa_3:1 Jer_14:18; and as illustrative of the last point, Eze_4:16, "Behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment.
Vers. 23, 24. Our God and ourselves.
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The text suggests the question, How far does God"s treatment of us depend on our attitude towards him? And the answer must be somewhat complex.
I IN LARGE MEASURE, GOD"S TREATMENT OF US IS QUITE IRRESPECTIVE OF OUR CONDUCT TOWARD HIM. He has done much for us from the promptings of his own generous and beneficent nature. As the sun gives light because it is light, regardless of the objects on which it shines, so our God, who is a Sun, (Psa_84:11) is sending forth beams of truth, love, beauty, happiness, because in him is all fullness, and from that abundance there must flow blessing and bounty on every hand. (see Psa_103:10, 11 Mat_5:45)
II IN LARGE MEASURE, GOD"S TREATMENT OF US DEPENDS ON OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD HIM.
1. Right feeling on our part is reciprocated with kind feeling on his. If we love him, he will love us and come to us. (Joh_14:23)
2. Rebellious conduct on our part brings down adverse action on his part. If we" will walk contrary to him, he will walk contrary to us, and punish us for our sins." The greater part of this chapter (verses 14-39) is a terrible admonition that, if we provoke God by our willful disobedience, we must expect to find his hand against us in all the paths of life, our growing iniquity meeting with his multiplying wrath and darkening retribution.
3. Repentant action on our part is met by returning favour on his. (Jer_3:22Jo Jer_2:12-14 Isa_44:22 Isa_55:7) Let the prodigal son arise to return, and, "while yet a great way off," the heavenly Father will run to meet and to welcome him. (Lu 15)
III GOD"S GOODNESS TO US WILL SEEM TO US TO VARY ACCORDING TO THE RECTITUDE OF OUR SOULS TOWARD HIM. As men seem to us to be just or unjust, kind or unkind, according to the position we occupy toward them, so also does the Father of spirits. "All the paths of the Lord are" (and are seen to be) "mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies". (Psa_25:10) But the ways of the Lord will seem "contrary" to the rebellious. With the merciful man God shows himself merciful; with the froward he shows himself froward. (Psa_18:26) The guilty will exclaim against the inequality of God"s dealings. (Eze_33:17) He will seem unjust because they are unholy, because their spirit is false and wrong. (Mat_20:15) Those who fear God and love his Son their Saviour, join in the psalm of the Church on earth, "The Lord is righteous in all his ways,... his tender mercies are over all his works"; (Ps 145) they anticipate the strain of the Church in heaven, "Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints". C. (Rev_15:3)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 If in spite of these things
If in spite of these things
"If when I punish you like this" or "If I discipline you like this and"
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you still do not accept my correction
Accepting his correction represents responding rightly to it. In this case responding rightly to it is choosing to obey him. AT: "you still do not listen to my correction" or "you still do not obey me" (See: Metaphor)
walk in opposition to me
Walking represents behavior. Walking in opposition to him means opposing him or fighting against him. AT: "oppose me" or "fight against me" (See: Metaphor)
I will also walk in opposition to you
Walking represents behavior. Walking in opposition to them means opposing them or fighting against them. AT: "I also will oppose you" or "I also will fight against you" (See: Metaphor)
I myself will punish you seven times
The number 7 represents completeness. AT: "I will personally punish you many times" or "I myself will punish you most severely"
because of your sins
The noun "sins" can be expressed with the verb "sin." AT: "because you continue to sin against me" (See: Abstract Nouns)
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