Bible Commentary

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. 22. the beast of the field ] savage animals. Cp. 2Ki 17:25. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 22. I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:22”

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. 21. plagues ] See on Lev 13:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Contrary unto me, or, carelessly or heedlessly with me, or before me, i.e. so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:21”

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. Your strength shall be spent in vain; ploughing, and sowing, and tilling the ground. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole And your strength shall be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:20”

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 19. the pride of your power ] the pride with which ye rely upon your prosperity and the fruitfulness of your land. The expression is found elsewhere only in Ezekiel, where in Eze … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:19”

And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. 18. if ye will not yet for all thishearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times morethatis, with far more severe and protracted calamities. Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:18”

And 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. 17. ye shall flee when none pursueth you ] Cp. Lev 26:36; Pro 28:1; also Psa 53:5. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:17”

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. 16. terror ] i.e. terrible things, viz. those that follow. the soul … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:16”

And 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: Verse 15. If ye shall despise my statutes – abhor my judgments] As these words, and others of a similar import, which point out different properties … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:15”

But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 14 39. The penalties that shall ensue, if Israel prove disobedient (Cp. Deu 28:15 ff.) They are arranged in five groups, viz. ( a) Lev 26:16-18, ( b) Lev 26:19-20, ( c) Lev 26:21; Lev 26:32, ( d) Lev 26:23-26, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:14”

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. 13. the bars ] with which the yoke was fastened to the animal’s neck. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:13”