Leviticus 26:18 (LSB)

Passage

If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will discipline you seven times more for your sins.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:16 I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.

Leviticus 26:17 And I will set My face against you so that you will be defeated before your enemies; and those who hate you will have dominion over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

Leviticus 26:18 If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will discipline you seven times more for your sins.

Leviticus 26:19 I will also break down your pride of strength; I will also give your sky over to become like iron and your earth like bronze.

Leviticus 26:20 And your power will be spent uselessly, for your land will not give forth its produce and the trees of the land will not give forth their fruit.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "things", "obey", "discipline", "seven", "times", and "sins". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "things", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 17's "And I will set My face against..." into verse 19's "I will also break down your pride...", so "after" and "things" 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 "after" and "things" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.