Leviticus 26:1 (DRB)

Passage

I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:1 I am the Lord your God. You shall not make to yourselves any idol or graven thing: neither shall you erect pillars, nor set up a remarkable stone in your land, to adore it. For I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 26:2 Keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:3 If you walk in my precepts, and keep my commandments, and do them, I will give you rain in due seasons.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "shall", "make", "yourselves", "idol", "graven", and "neither". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "Keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary...", so "lord" and "shall" should be read forward into that movement. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lord" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.