Leviticus 26:26 (GNV)

Passage

When I shall breake the staffe of your bread, then ten women shall bake your breade in one ouen, and they shall deliuer your bread againe by weight, and ye shall eate, but not be satisfied.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:24 Then wil I also walke stubburnly against you, and I will smite you yet seuen times for your sinnes:

Leviticus 26:25 And I wil send a sword vpon you, that shall auenge the quarel of my couenant: and when ye are gathered in your cities, I wil send the pestilence among you, and ye shall be deliuered into the hand of the enemie.

Leviticus 26:26 When I shall breake the staffe of your bread, then ten women shall bake your breade in one ouen, and they shall deliuer your bread againe by weight, and ye shall eate, but not be satisfied.

Leviticus 26:27 Yet if ye will not for this obey mee, but walke against me stubburnly,

Leviticus 26:28 Then will I walke stubburnly in mine anger against you, and I will also chastice you seuen times more according to your sinnes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "breake", "staffe", "bread", "women", "bake", and "breade". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "breake", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "And I wil send a sword vpon..." into verse 27's "Yet if ye will not for this...", so "shall" and "breake" 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 "breake" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.