Bible Strands
Leviticus 26:28
then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks to Israel through Moses, delivering the final escalation of covenant curses after repeated warnings. This declaration occupies the sequential list of consequences for persistent disobedience, positioned between the warning of continued hostility (Leviticus 26:27) and the pronouncement of cannibalism (Leviticus 26:29).
The words — The Hebrew noun קֶרִי (qeri) means "contrariness" or opposition, paired with the verb הָלַכְתִּי (halakhti) meaning "I will walk." Together they frame divine action as a direct, adversarial response to human rebellion.
The thread — This motif of God walking in anger against His people appears in Jeremiah 21:5 and Isaiah 59:18, where divine fury and retribution are directed at enemies and foes. Ezekiel 5:13 similarly records God spending His wrath against them before finding appeasement.
Why it lands — The text demands acknowledgment that persistent covenant violation triggers direct, proportional divine opposition. It requires readers to recognize that divine discipline is presented as an inescapable consequence of chosen hostility.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 59:18 So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
- Jeremiah 21:5 And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.
- Ezekiel 5:13 And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
- Ezekiel 5:15 So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- Ezekiel 8:18 Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
- Isaiah 63:3 “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.
- Isaiah 66:15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
- Isaiah 27:4 I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
- Nahum 1:2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Nahum 1:6 Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.