Leviticus 26 · Verse 25

Leviticus 26:25

And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Leviticus 26:25, King James Version

Leviticus 26:25 in other translations

BSBAnd I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
WEBI will bring a sword upon you that will execute the vengeance of the covenant. You will be gathered together within your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you. You will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
ASVAnd I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities: and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
YLTand I have brought in on you a sword, executing the vengeance of a covenant; and ye have been gathered unto your cities, and I have sent pestilence into your midst, and ye have been given into the hand of an enemy.
DARBYAnd I will bring a sword upon you that avengeth with the vengeance of the covenant, and ye shall be gathered together into your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
BBEAnd I will send a sword on you to give effect to the punishment of my agreement; and when you come together into your towns I will send disease among you and you will be given up into the hands of your haters.
WebsterAnd I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you: and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

What does Leviticus 26:25 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 26:14-39

After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two things would bring ruin. 1. A contempt of God's commandments. They that reject the precept, will come at last to renounce the covenant. 2. A contempt of his corrections. If they will not learn obedience…

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Leviticus 26:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהֵבֵאתִ֨יve.he.ve.Tiand I will bringH935
עֲלֵיכֶ֜ם'a.lei.Khemon youH5921
חֶ֗רֶבChe.reva swordH2719
נֹקֶ֙מֶת֙no.Ke.met[which will] avengeH5358
נְקַם\־ne.kam-vengeance ofH5359
בְּרִ֔יתbe.Rita covenantH1285
וְנֶאֱסַפְתֶּ֖םve.ne.'e.saf.Temand you will gatherH622
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עָרֵיכֶ֑ם'a.rei.Khemcities yourH5892
וְשִׁלַּ֤חְתִּיve.shi.Lach.tiand I will sendH7971
דֶ֙בֶר֙de.vera pestilenceH1698
בְּת֣וֹכְכֶ֔םbe.Tokh.Khemin midst of youH8432
וְנִתַּתֶּ֖םve.nit.ta.Temand you will be givenH5414
בְּיַד\־be.yad-in [the] hand ofH3027
אוֹיֵֽב\׃'o.Yevan enemyH341

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:25

  • Numbers 14:12

    I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

  • Ezekiel 5:17

    So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it.

  • Deuteronomy 28:21

    The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Ezekiel 29:8

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

  • Ezekiel 33:2

    Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

  • Ezekiel 14:17

    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

  • Deuteronomy 32:25

    The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

  • Jeremiah 29:17-18

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

  • Ezekiel 6:3

    And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.

  • Ezekiel 20:37

    And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:

  • Jeremiah 24:10

    And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

  • Ezekiel 21:4-17

    Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
will bring.
De 32:25,41; Jud 2:14-16; Ps 78:62-64; Isa 34:5,6; Jer 9:16
Jer 14:12,13; 15:2-4; La 2:21; Eze 5:17; 6:3; 14:17; 21:4-17; 29:8
Eze 33:2
avenge.
De 32:35; Ps 94:1; Eze 20:37; Heb 10:28-30
I will send.
Nu 14:12; 16:49; De 28:21; 2Sa 24:15; Jer 14:12; 24:10; 29:17,18
Am 4:10; Lu 21:11

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:24

    Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

  • Leviticus 26:25

    And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

  • Leviticus 26:26

    And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

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Leviticus 26:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y traeré sobre vosotros espada vengadora, en vindicación del pacto; y os recogeréis á vuestras ciudades; mas yo enviaré pestilencia entre vosotros, y seréis entregados en mano del enemigo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je ferai venir sur vous l’épée qui exécute la vengeance de l’alliance; et quand vous serez rassemblés dans vos villes, j’enverrai la peste au milieu de vous, et vous serez livrés en la main de l’ennemi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde das Schwert über euch bringen, das die Rache des Bundes vollzieht; und ziehet ihr euch in eure Städte zurück, so werde ich die Pest in eure Mitte senden, und ihr werdet in die Hand des Feindes gegeben werden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
inducamque super vos gladium ultorem fœderis mei. Cumque confugeritis in urbes, mittam pestilentiam in medio vestri, et trademini in manibus hostium,