Passage
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword;
Leviticus 26:7 (DBY)
Nearby Context
Leviticus 26:5 and your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land securely.
Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will put away the evil beasts out of the land; and the sword shall not go through your land.
Leviticus 26:7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword;
Leviticus 26:8 and five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; and your enemies shall fall beside you by the sword.
Leviticus 26:9 And I will turn my face towards you and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "shall", "chase", "enemies", "fall", "before", and "sword". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "chase", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And I will give peace in the..." into verse 8's "and five of you shall chase a...", so "shall" and "chase" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "chase" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.