26:18-20
The consequences for not listening to the Lord continue. The number seven represents completeness, they will receive the full consequences of their sin. Refusal to listen to God is a result of pride, thinking that we know better than God. We see this today in our societies endorsement of homosexuality and transgenderism, but it happen in any area where we think we know better than God. So the sky would refuse to yield its rain, and the ground would not bear food. Prideful man would put in great effort, but for no reward.
26:21,22
If after this man still persisted in his prideful ways, refusing to listen to God, then God would multiply his afflictions. “As your sins deserve”, the punishment would be no more than man deserved. Wild animals would be sent against them, their children would be devoured, and their cattle destroyed. They would decrease in number. This is the exact opposite of how things should be, of how things would be for a people who obeyed the Lord.
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