Leviticus 26:24 (LSB)

Passage

then I will walk in hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.

Nearby Context

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,

Leviticus 26:24 then I will walk in hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.

Leviticus 26:25 I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you so that you shall be given over into enemy hands.

Leviticus 26:26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring back your bread by rationed weight so that you will eat and not become full.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "walk", "hostility", "against", "even", "strike", "seven", "times", and "sins". 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 23's "And if by these things you do..." into verse 25's "I will also bring upon you a...", 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.