Leviticus 26:9 (LSB)

Passage

So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:7 But you will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword;

Leviticus 26:8 and five of you will pursue one hundred, and one hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.

Leviticus 26:9 So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.

Leviticus 26:10 And you will eat the old supply and clear out the old because of the new.

Leviticus 26:11 Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not loathe you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turn", "toward", "make", "fruitful", "multiply", "confirm", and "covenant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turn" and "toward", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "and five of you will pursue one..." into verse 10's "And you will eat the old supply...", so "turn" and "toward" 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 "turn" and "toward" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.