Leviticus 26:22 (YLT)

Passage

and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:20 and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.

Leviticus 26:21 `And if ye walk with Me <FI>in<Fi> opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins,

Leviticus 26:22 and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.

Leviticus 26:23 `And if by these ye are not instructed by Me, and have walked with Me <FI>in<Fi> opposition,

Leviticus 26:24 then I have walked--I also--with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sent", "against", "beast", "field", "hath", "bereaved", "cattle", and "ways". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sent" and "against", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "And if ye walk with Me FI..." into verse 23's "And if by these ye are not...", so "sent" and "against" 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 "sent" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.