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Leviticus 26:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

If you disobey me and my laws, and if you break our agreement,

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“The LORD must be furious with me and everyone else in Judah, because our ancestors did not obey the laws written in this book. Go and find out what the LORD wants us to do.”

“Josiah, I am the LORD! And I intend to punish this country and everyone in it, just as this book says.

But if you or any of the people of Israel disobey my laws or start worshipping foreign gods,

So I let you be stubborn and keep on following your own advice.

He places a curse on the home of everyone who is evil, but he blesses the home of every good person.

have always been stubborn. You have refused to listen, and instead you have done whatever your sinful hearts have desired. You have not kept the agreement we made, so I will make you suffer every curse that goes with it.

But if you keep on carrying things through the city gates on the Sabbath and keep treating it as any other day, I will set fire to these gates and burn down the whole city, including the fortresses.

Tell them that I have said: You have refused to listen to me and to obey my laws and teachings.

that long before we were born, prophets were saying powerful kingdoms would be struck by war, disaster, and disease.

But when our ancestors took over the land, they did not obey you. And now you have punished Israel with disaster.

Nebuzaradan said: Jeremiah, the LORD your God warned your people that he would bring disaster on this land.

The LORD was right, but I refused to obey him. Now I ask all of you to look at my sufferings— even my young people have been dragged away.

The LORD has done everything that he had planned and threatened long ago. He destroyed you without mercy and let your enemies boast about their powerful forces.

We have not escaped any of the terrible curses written by Moses, and yet we have refused to beg you for mercy and to remind ourselves of how faithful you have always been.

But I will catch them in a net as hunters trap birds; I threatened to punish them, and indeed I will.

Then, if you still refuse to obey me, I will punish you seven times for each of your sins,

You had better take seriously the need to honour my name. Otherwise, when you give a blessing, I will turn it into a curse. In fact, I have already done this, because you haven't taken to heart your duties as priests.

No one who disobeys that prophet will be one of God's people any longer.”

Make sure that you obey the one who speaks to you. The people did not escape, when they refused to obey the one who spoke to them at Mount Sinai. Do you think you can possibly escape, if you refuse to obey the one who speaks to you from heaven?

Yes, when the LORD makes a promise, he does what he has promised. But when he makes a threat, he will also do what he has threatened. The LORD is our God. He gave us this wonderful land and made an agreement with us that we would worship only him. But if you worship other gods, it will make the LORD furious. He will start getting rid of you, and soon not one of you will be left in this good land that he has given you.

If you're stubborn and refuse to obey the LORD, he will turn against you and your king.




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