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15 and if you reject my statutes and if your inner self[a] abhors my regulations, to not carry out[b] all my commands by your breaking my covenant, 16 I in turn[c] will do this to you: then[d] I will summon onto you horror, the wasting disease, and the fever that wastes eyes and that drains away life; and you shall sow your seed in vain,[e] and your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face against you, and you shall be defeated before[f] your enemies; and your haters shall rule over you, and you shall flee away, but[g] there shall not be anybody who is pursuing[h] you.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:15 Or “soul”
  2. Leviticus 26:15 Or “do” or “observe” or “perform”
  3. Leviticus 26:16 Literally “also” or “indeed”
  4. Leviticus 26:16 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 26:16 Literally “for the emptiness”
  6. Leviticus 26:17 Literally “to the faces of”
  7. Leviticus 26:17 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 26:17 Literally “who pursues” or “pursuing”

15 and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws(A) and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,(B) 16 then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever(C) that will destroy your sight and sap your strength.(D) You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.(E) 17 I will set my face(F) against you so that you will be defeated(G) by your enemies;(H) those who hate you will rule over you,(I) and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.(J)

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