Leviticus 26: I Will Break, Bring, Punish, Chastise...Remember

God made many promises to Israel regarding good things He would do when they obeyed. But He also made threats—grave warnings—made promises—regarding things He would do when they disobeyed. Verses 1-13 contain the first kind of promises. Verse 14 begins the second kind. They had already witnessed a long list of proofs that God meant what He said about these things. There was no excuse for them to miss this or to let anything keep them from telling their children about the “goodness and severity” of God. He is the same God today, so the same lessons need to be observed by us and taught by us to our children.