The Meaning of Leviticus 26:28 Explained

Leviticus 26:28

KJV: Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

YLT: then I have walked with you in the fury of opposition, and have chastised you, even I, seven times for your sins.

Darby: then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven-fold for your sins.

ASV: then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath; and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then I will walk  contrary  unto you also in fury;  and I, even  I, will chastise  you seven times  for your sins. 

What does Leviticus 26:28 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 26:21-46 - Desolation And Captivity For The Stubborn
Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods. Thus, they brought upon themselves the sore judgments threatened against them, consisting of defeat, scarcity, wild beasts, pestilence and famine, the horrors of siege and desolation, followed by dispersion to the four winds of heaven. The book of Judges illustrates the first, and the destruction of Jerusalem, as told by Josephus, the last of these plagues.
Under the curse of this chapter the chosen people are suffering to this very hour. Scattered and peeled, wasted and outcast, they are monuments of God's truthfulness to His word. They teach an impressive lesson which the nations of the world would do well to lay to heart. Note that remarkable expression about accepting their punishment, as the necessary condition of forgiveness and restoration. The same condition always holds.
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Chapter Summary: Leviticus 26

1  Of idolatry
2  Reverence
3  A blessing to those who keep the commandments
14  A curse to those who break them
40  God promises to remember those who repent

What do the individual words in Leviticus 26:28 mean?

then also I will walk to you in fury contrary and I will chastise you even I sevenfold for your sins
וְהָלַכְתִּ֥י עִמָּכֶ֖ם בַּחֲמַת־ קֶ֑רִי וְיִסַּרְתִּ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ אַף־ אָ֔נִי שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־ חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם‪‬

וְהָלַכְתִּ֥י  then  also  I  will  walk 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
עִמָּכֶ֖ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
בַּחֲמַת־  in  fury 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חֵמָא 
Sense: heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation, anger, wrath, poison, bottles.
קֶ֑רִי  contrary 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קְרִי  
Sense: opposition, contrariness, encounter, contrary or hostile encounter.
וְיִסַּרְתִּ֤י  and  I  will  chastise 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָסַר 
Sense: to chasten, discipline, instruct, admonish.
אַף־  even 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
שֶׁ֖בַע  sevenfold 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם‪‬  your  sins 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.