“And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.”
If you remain hostile to me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve. The third level of intensification: seven times over again, as your sins deserve. The proportional language — as your sins deserve — communicates the justice of the escalating curses: the community receives what its persistent rejection merits. The covenant is not vindictive but just: the curses are the proportional consequences of the continued rejection of the covenant's provisions.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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