Leviticus 26:27 (LSB)

Passage

‘Yet, if in spite of this you do not obey Me, but walk in hostility against Me,

Nearby Context

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.

Leviticus 26:27 ‘Yet, if in spite of this you do not obey Me, but walk in hostility against Me,

Leviticus 26:28 then I will walk in wrathful hostility against you, and I, even I, will discipline you seven times for your sins.

Leviticus 26:29 Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters you will eat.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "When I break your staff of bread..." into verse 28's "then I will walk in wrathful hostility...", so "spite" and "obey" 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 "spite" and "obey" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.