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Your numbers will dwindle, and your roads will be deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will let loose the wild beasts against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you few in number, so that your roads shall be deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your <i>high</i> ways shall be desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will also let loose among you the animals of the field, which will deprive you of your children and eliminate your cattle, and reduce your number so that your roads become deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216I will let loose among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave you of your children and destroy your cattle and reduce your number so that your roads lie deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And I will let loose among you the beasts of the field, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your cattle and reduce your number so that your roads lie deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I will send out among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave you of your children and cut down your cattle and reduce your number so that your roads lie desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will let loose the [wild] animals of the field among you, which will bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock and make you so few in number that your roads will lie deserted <i>and</i> desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send wild animals against you that will deprive you of your children, ravage your livestock, and reduce your numbers until your roads are deserted.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I'll send wild animals to attack you, and they will gobble up your children and livestock. So few of you will be left that your roads will be deserted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will send wild animals among you. They will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle, and make you so few that your roads will be deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will send dangerous animals among you, and they will kill your children, destroy your livestock, and leave so few of you that your roads will be deserted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll send wild beasts against you from the open country to deprive you of your children, destroy your cattle, and decrease your number so that your roads become desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number; and your roads will become desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number, and your high-ways shall be desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number. Your roads will become desolate. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and sent the beast of the field against you, and it has bereaved you; and I have cut off your livestock, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I sent upon you the beast of the field, and it bereaved you of children, and cut off your cattle, and, diminished you, and your ways were laid waste.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will send in upon you the beasts of the held, to destroy you and your cattle, and make you few in number, and that your highways may be desolate. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the field, which will consume you and your cattle, and which will reduce everything to paucity, and cause your roadways to become desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will unleash wild beasts against you, to rob you of your children and wipe out your livestock, till your population dwindles away and your roads become deserted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will let loose wild animals against you, and they shall bereave you of your children and destroy your livestock; they shall make you few in number, and your roads shall be deserted.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I will also send wild beasts against you, which shall bereave you of your children and destroy your cattle and make you few in number; and your highways shall be desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall send upon you beasts of the field and they shall bereave you and shall destroy your domestic animals and they shall diminish you and your roads shall be desolate.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will send upon you the wild beasts of the land, and they shall devour you, and shall consume your cattle: and I will make you few in number, and your ways shall be desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/26-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7281" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Punishments for Disobedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·hiš·laḥ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">I will send</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">wild</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·yaṯ (N-fsc) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">animals</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">against you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7921.htm" title="7921: wə·šik·kə·lāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To be bereaved. A primitive root; properly, to miscarry, i.e. Suffer abortion; by analogy, to bereave.">to rob you of your children,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·hiḵ·rî·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">destroy</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/929.htm" title="929: bə·hem·tə·ḵem (N-fsc:: 2mp) -- A beast, animal, cattle. From an unused root; properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal.">your livestock,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4591.htm" title="4591: wə·him·‘î·ṭāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to pare off, i.e. Lessen; intransitively, to be small or few.">and reduce</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">your numbers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: dar·ḵê·ḵem (N-cpc:: 2mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">until your roads</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: wə·nā·šam·mū (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">lie desolate.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a></span><br />They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25-26</a></span><br />Now when the settlers first lived there, they did not worship the LORD, so He sent lions among them, which killed some of them. / So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm">Ezekiel 14:15</a></span><br />Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-3.htm">Jeremiah 15:3</a></span><br />I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17</a></span><br />So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Hosea 13:8</a></span><br />Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm">Isaiah 56:9</a></span><br />Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Jeremiah 5:6</a></span><br />Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-17.htm">Ezekiel 5:17</a></span><br />I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-27.htm">Ezekiel 33:27</a></span><br />Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/21-6.htm">Numbers 21:6</a></span><br />So the LORD sent venomous snakes among the people, and many of the Israelites were bitten and died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/13-24.htm">1 Kings 13:24-25</a></span><br />As he went on his way, a lion met him on the road and killed him, and his body was left lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. / And there were men passing by who saw the body lying in the road with the lion standing beside it, and they went and reported this in the city where the old prophet lived.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-19.htm">Amos 5:19</a></span><br />It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-28.htm">Matthew 24:28</a></span><br />Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.</p><p class="hdg">wild</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Leviticus 26:6</a></b></br> And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make <i>you</i> afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a></b></br> <i>They shall be</i> burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm">2 Kings 17:25</a></b></br> And <i>so</i> it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, <i>that</i> they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew <i>some</i> of them.</p><p class="hdg">rob you</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/2-24.htm">2 Kings 2:24</a></b></br> And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.</p><p class="hdg">your high</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/5-6.htm">Judges 5:6</a></b></br> In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/15-5.htm">2 Chronicles 15:5</a></b></br> And in those times <i>there was</i> no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations <i>were</i> upon all the inhabitants of the countries.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Isaiah 24:6</a></b></br> Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-6.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-55.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-11.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/exodus/23-29.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-30.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-52.htm">Few</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-20.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-13.htm">High</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-9.htm">Numbers</a> <a href="/exodus/21-10.htm">Reduce</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-13.htm">Roads</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-13.htm">Rob</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-31.htm">Small</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-54.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-7.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/27-26.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-9.htm">Beast</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-26.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Bereave</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-26.htm">Cattle</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-46.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-31.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/numbers/9-20.htm">Few</a> <a href="/leviticus/27-16.htm">Field</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">High</a> <a href="/numbers/20-8.htm">Livestock</a> <a href="/numbers/2-4.htm">Numbers</a> <a href="/2_kings/10-32.htm">Reduce</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-3.htm">Roads</a> <a href="/judges/9-25.htm">Rob</a> <a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">Small</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/numbers/23-22.htm">Wild</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Of idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Reverence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">A blessing to those who keep the commandments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">A curse to those who break them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">God promises to remember those who repent</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, wild animals were often seen as a threat to human life and agriculture. The sending of wild animals is a reversal of the dominion given to humanity in <a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>, where humans were to rule over the animals. This judgment reflects a covenantal breach, as the Israelites were warned in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-26.htm">Deuteronomy 28:26</a> that disobedience would lead to curses, including the loss of protection from such threats.<p><b>to rob you of your children</b><br>The loss of children to wild animals is a severe consequence, highlighting the vulnerability of the community. In ancient Israel, children were considered a blessing and a sign of God's favor (<a href="/psalms/127-3.htm">Psalm 127:3-5</a>). The robbing of children signifies not only personal loss but also a threat to the future of the nation. This echoes the curses in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-32.htm">Deuteronomy 28:32</a>, where disobedience leads to the loss of offspring.<p><b>destroy your livestock</b><br>Livestock was a critical component of Israel's agrarian society, providing food, clothing, and economic stability. The destruction of livestock would lead to economic ruin and food scarcity. This judgment recalls the plagues of Egypt, where livestock were also targeted (<a href="/exodus/9.htm">Exodus 9:1-7</a>). It serves as a reminder of God's power over creation and His ability to disrupt the natural order as a form of discipline.<p><b>and reduce your numbers</b><br>The reduction in numbers refers to a decrease in the population, which could result from death, captivity, or emigration. This consequence is a direct result of covenant unfaithfulness, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-62.htm">Deuteronomy 28:62</a>, where disobedience leads to a drastic reduction in the population. The diminishing of the people serves as a warning of the seriousness of turning away from God's commands.<p><b>until your roads lie desolate</b><br>Desolate roads indicate a breakdown in societal structure and commerce. Roads were essential for trade, communication, and military movement. The desolation of roads suggests a collapse of community and isolation from neighboring regions. This imagery is used in prophetic literature, such as <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Isaiah 33:8</a>, to describe the consequences of national sin. It serves as a stark reminder of the desolation that follows when a nation turns away from God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The primary audience of Leviticus, the Israelites were God's chosen people, whom He delivered from Egypt and to whom He gave the Law through Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The setting for much of Leviticus, where the Israelites received the Law as they journeyed from Egypt to the Promised Land.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader of the Israelites, who received the Law from God and communicated it to the people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who establishes His covenant with the Israelites, promising blessings for obedience and consequences for disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br><a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22</a> highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God's commandments. It serves as a reminder of the seriousness with which God views disobedience and the natural consequences that follow.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_justice.htm">God's Sovereignty and Justice</a></b><br>The verse underscores God's sovereignty and justice. He is not only a God of love and mercy but also of justice, who holds His people accountable to the covenant.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The warnings in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a> are not just punitive but are intended to lead the Israelites to repentance. God's desire is for His people to return to Him and restore their relationship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Community Faithfulness</a></b><br>The consequences described affect the entire community, highlighting the importance of collective faithfulness and accountability within the body of believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_protection.htm">Trust in God's Protection</a></b><br>While the verse warns of danger, it also implicitly calls believers to trust in God's protection, which is assured when they walk in obedience to His commands.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_blood_of_christ_mean.htm">What is the meaning of the Blood of Christ?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_animal_rights.htm">What does the Bible say about animal rights?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_lev._22_19-24's_rules_fit_modern_views.htm">How do Leviticus 22:19-24's strict requirements for unblemished animal sacrifices align with modern views on fairness and the value of imperfection?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jesus_tell_them_to_buy_swords.htm">In Luke 22:36, why does Jesus instruct His followers to buy swords if His message is peace?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">I will also send wild beasts.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and I will send wild beasts. </span>Wild beasts, which abounded in Palestine (<a href="/exodus/23-29.htm" title="I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against you.">Exodus 23:29</a>), are used as a punishment for sin (<a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm" title="They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts on them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.">Deuteronomy 32:24</a>; <a href="/2_kings/17-25.htm" title="And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.">2Kings 17:25</a>; <a href="/context/isaiah/13-21.htm" title="But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.">Isaiah 13:21-22</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/14-15.htm" title="If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:">Ezekiel 14:15</a>, &c.).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/26-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I will send</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּ֨י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiš·laḥ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wild</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׂדֶה֙</span> <span class="translit">(haś·śā·ḏeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> </span><span class="str2">Field, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">animals</span><br /><span class="heb">חַיַּ֤ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥay·yaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> </span><span class="str2">Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against you</span><br /><span class="heb">בָכֶ֜ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">to rob you of your children,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁכְּלָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šik·kə·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7921.htm">Strong's 7921: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miscarry, suffer abortion, to bereave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">destroy</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִכְרִ֙יתָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiḵ·rî·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your livestock,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהֶמְתְּכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·hem·tə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_929.htm">Strong's 929: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and reduce</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִמְעִ֖יטָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·him·‘î·ṭāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4591.htm">Strong's 4591: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pare off, lessen, in, to be, small, few</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your numbers,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">until your roads</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(dar·ḵê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lie desolate.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָשַׁ֖מּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·šam·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stun, devastate, stupefy</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/26-22.htm">Leviticus 26:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 26:22 I will send the wild animals among (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 26:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 26:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>