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Leviticus 26:17

Leviticus 26:17
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me,.... If such corrections by diseases of body, and by giving them up into the hands of their enemies, should be ineffectual to reform them, and bring…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Leviticus 26:3-45

As “the book of the covenant” Exo. 20:22–23:33 concludes with promises and warnings Exo 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 26:14-39

After God had set the blessing before them (the life and good which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient), he here sets the curse before them, the death and evil which would make…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

ye shall flee when none pursueth you Cp. Lev 26:26; Pro 28:1; also Psa 53:5.