Fearful Hearts
Leviticus 26:36
" 'As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.
Only one heart verse was found in Leviticus before. The expanded search adds 2 more, both in chapter 26. This is similar to Deuteronomy. Actually, it would be the first telling if Deuteronomy is the second.
Moses mentions a couple of commandments--do not make idols and observe the Sabbath. He tells how it will be if Israel obeys--and if they do not. That's where this verse comes in. As the discipline escalates in response to continued disobedience, finally the land itself is laid waste, and the people are scattered from it. The few who survive will not enjoy life either. Traumatized by war and destruction, they will find no peace, but only fear. This is such a graphic image. The scrape of a leaf blown along the ground sends them running, and the sheer terror will kill them.
It's sad and scary. It's what happens when people think they know better than God.
" 'As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.
Only one heart verse was found in Leviticus before. The expanded search adds 2 more, both in chapter 26. This is similar to Deuteronomy. Actually, it would be the first telling if Deuteronomy is the second.
Moses mentions a couple of commandments--do not make idols and observe the Sabbath. He tells how it will be if Israel obeys--and if they do not. That's where this verse comes in. As the discipline escalates in response to continued disobedience, finally the land itself is laid waste, and the people are scattered from it. The few who survive will not enjoy life either. Traumatized by war and destruction, they will find no peace, but only fear. This is such a graphic image. The scrape of a leaf blown along the ground sends them running, and the sheer terror will kill them.
It's sad and scary. It's what happens when people think they know better than God.
posted by ruthees @ 1:29 PM
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