Leviticus 26:21 (LSB)

Passage

‘If then, you walk in hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins.

Nearby Context

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.

Leviticus 26:21 ‘If then, you walk in hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:22 And I will send out among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave you of your children and cut down your cattle and reduce your number so that your roads lie desolate.

Leviticus 26:23 ‘And if by these things you do not accept My discipline, but walk in hostility against Me,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "walk", "hostility", "against", "unwilling", "obey", "increase", "plague", and "seven". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "walk" and "hostility", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "And your power will be spent uselessly..." into verse 22's "And I will send out among you...", so "walk" and "hostility" 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 "walk" and "hostility" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.