LEVITICUS 26:16

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I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

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Leviticus 26:16 Translation & Meaning

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I אֲנִ֞י I I
also אַף Meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though also
will do אֶֽעֱשֶׂה To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application do
this זֹּ֣את This (often used adverb) this
unto you; I will even appoint וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֨י To visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc even appoint
over עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications over
you terror, בֶּֽהָלָה֙ Panic, destruction terror
consumption, הַשַּׁחֶ֣פֶת Emaciation consumption
and the burning ague, הַקַּדַּ֔חַת Inflammation, i.e., febrile disease burning ague
that shall consume מְכַלּ֥וֹת To end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume) consume
the eyes, עֵינַ֖יִם An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) eyes
and cause sorrow וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת To mope, i.e., (figuratively) pine cause sorrow
of heart: נָ֑פֶשׁ Properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) heart
and ye shall sow וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם To sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify sow
your seed זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם Seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity seed
in vain, לָרִיק֙ Emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain vain
for your enemies אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם׃ Hating; an adversary enemies
shall eat וַֽאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ To eat (literally or figuratively) eat
it. וַֽאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ To eat (literally or figuratively) it

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  • 14  But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

  • 15  And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

  • 16  I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

  • 17  And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • 18  And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.




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