Self-interpreting Bible

1 YE shall make you ^ano idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a ¹standing image, neither shall ye set up any ²image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.

• a: Le. 19:4 , Ex. 20:4 , Ex. 20:5 , De. 5:8 , De. 16:21 , De. 16:22 , De. 27:15 , Nu. 33:52 , Is. 2:16 , Ps. 97:7
• 1: Or, pillar.
• 2: Or, figured stone. Heb. a stone of picture.

2 ¶Ye ^bshall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.

• b: Le. 19:30 , Leviticus 23 , Leviticus 25 , Ex. 20:8 - 11 , Numbers 28 , Numbers 29

3 ¶If ^cye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

• c: De. 11:13 - 15 , De. 28:1 - 14 , Deuteronomy 4 - 27 , Le. 18:4 , Le. 18:5 , Le. 18:30 , Leviticus 1 - 25 , Exodus 20 - 23

4 Then ^dI will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

• d: De. 11:14 , De. 28:12 , Je. 3:3 , Je. 14:22 , Eze. 34:26 , Eze. 34:27 , 2:23 , 2:24 , Ps. 67:6 , Ps. 65:9 - 13 , Ps. 85:12

5 And your ^ethreshing shall reach unto the ^*vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye ^fshall eat your bread to the full, and ^gdwell in your land safely.

• e: Am. 9:13
• *: vintage-time of grape gathering.
• f: Ex. 16:8 , Job 11:18 , Job 11:19 , Le. 25:19
• g: Le. 25:18

6 And ^hI will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and ⁱnone shall make you afraid: and I ^jwill ^3*rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall ^kthe sword go through your land.

• h: Is. 35:9 , Je. 30:10 , Eze. 34:27 , Eze. 34:28 , Ho. 2:18 , Mi. 4:4 , Ps. 3:5 , Ps. 4:8
• i: Job 11:19
• j: Eze. 34:25 , Eze. 5:17 , Eze. 14:15 , 2Ki. 2:24 , 2Ki. 17:25 , 2Ki. 17:26
• 3: Heb. cause to cease.
• *: rid-clear away, remove.
• k: Eze. 14:17

7 And ye shall ^lchase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

• l: Nu. 14:9 , Jos. 23:10 , De. 32:30 , 1Ch. 11:11 , 1Ch. 11:20 , 2Sa. 23:8 - 18 , 2 Chronicles 13 , 2 Chronicles 14 , 2 Chronicles 20 , 2 Chronicles 26

8 And ^mfive of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.

• m: De. 32:30 , Jos. 23:10

9 For I will ⁿhave respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and ^oestablish my covenant with you.

• n: 2Ki. 13:23 , Ex. 1:7 , Ex. 2:23 - 25 , Ne. 9:23 , Je. 23:3
• o: Ge. 6:18 , Ge. 17:6 , Ge. 17:7 , Ge. 17:8 , Ex. 3:8 , Ex. 6:7 , Ex. 19:5 , Ex. 19:6 , Ex. 24:3 - 8 , Ex. 23:22 - 31

10 And ye shall eat ^pold store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

• p: Le. 25:22 , Is. 37:30 , Jos. 5:11

11 And ^qI will set my ^*tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

• q: Eze. 37:26 - 28 , Exodus 40 , 1 Kings 8 , Ezra 6 , Zep. 3:17 , Is. 62:3 - 5 , Re. 21:3
• *: tabernacle-tent, dwelling.

12 And ^rI will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

• r: 2Co. 6:16 , Re. 2:1 , Re. 21:3 , Ge. 17:7 , Zec. 13:9 , Je. 31:33 , Ex. 29:45

13 I ^sam the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.

• s: Ex. 20:2 , Ex. 3:7 , Ex. 3:8 , Ps. 81:6 , Ps. 81:10 , Ps. 50:7 , Ps. 116:16 , Lu. 1:74 , Lu. 1:75 , Le. 25:38

14 ¶But ^tif ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;

• t: De. 28:15 - 68 , La. 2:17 , Mal. 2:2 , Le. 26:18

15 And if ye ^ushall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye ^vbreak my covenant:

• u: Le. 26:43 , 2Ki. 17:15 , Je. 6:19 , Je. 32:23 , Eze. 5:6 , Eze. 20:13 , Eze. 20:24
• v: Ge. 17:14 , De. 31:16 , De. 31:20 , Is. 24:5 , Je. 11:10 , Eze. 16:59

16 I also will do this unto you; I will even ^wappoint ⁴over you terror, ^*consumption, and the burning ^*ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

• w: Ps. 109:6 , Ps. 78:33 , Je. 5:17 , Je. 12:13 , Je. 15:8 , Je. 31:25 , De. 28:22 , De. 28:33 , De. 28:51 , De. 28:65 , 1Sa. 2:33 , Job 31:8
• 4: Heb. upon you.
• *: consumption-a disease causing wasting away of the body, such as TB. , ague-a fever, usually malarial.

17 And I will ^xset my face against you, and ye ^yshall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall ^zflee when none pursueth you.

• x: Le. 17:10 , Le. 20:5 , Le. 20:6 , Ps. 21:9 , Ps. 34:16 , Ps. 68:1 , Ps. 68:2 , Eze. 15:7
• y: Ju. 2:14 , Judges 3 , Judges 4 , Judges 6 , Judges 10 , 1 Samuel 4 , 1 Samuel 31 , 2 Chronicles 12 , 2 Chronicles 13 , 2 Chronicles 21 , 2 Chronicles 28 , 2 Chronicles 36 , Ne. 9:28 , Ps. 106:41 , Ps. 106:42 , De. 28:25
• z: Ps. 53:5 , Pr. 28:1 , Job 15:20 , Job 15:21

18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you ^aseven times more for your sins.

• a: Le. 26:21 , Le. 26:24 , Le. 26:28 , 1Sa. 2:5

19 And I will ^bbreak the pride of your power; and I will make your ^cheaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

• b: 1Sa. 4:11 , Eze. 7:24 , Judges 3 , Judges 4 , Judges 10
• c: De. 28:23 , Je. 3:3 , Je. 14:1 - 6 , 1:4 - 20 , 2:1 - 11 , 1Ki. 17:1 , 1Ki. 17:7 , 1Ki. 18:1 , Ja. 5:17 , Hab. 3:17 , Hag. 1:10 , Hag. 1:11 , Hag. 2:19 , Mal. 3:9 - 11

20 And your ^dstrength shall be spent in vain: for ^eyour land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

• d: Ps. 127:1
• e: Le. 26:4

21 ¶And if ye walk ⁵contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

• 5: Or, at all adventures with me. v.24,27. , Le. 26:24 , Le. 26:27

22 I will also ^fsend 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 ^gdesolate.

• f: Eze. 5:17 , Je. 15:3 , Nu. 21:6 , 2Ki. 2:24 , 2Ki. 17:25 , De. 32:24 , Le. 26:6
• g: Ju. 5:6 , 2Ch. 15:5 , Is. 33:8 , Eze. 14:15 , La. 1:4 , Mi. 3:12

23 And if ye ^hwill not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

• h: Je. 2:30 , Je. 5:3

24 Then ⁱwill I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

• i: Le. 26:18 , 2Sa. 22:27 , Ps. 18:26 , Am. 4:6 - 12 , Job 9:4 , Job 40:2 , Job 40:11 , Job 40:12

25 And I ^jwill bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, ^kI will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

• j: Eze. 6:3 , Ezekiel 14 , Ezekiel 17 , Isaiah 24 , Judges 3 , Judges 4 , Judges 6 , Judges 10 , 2 Kings 8 , 2Ki. 10:32 , 2Ki. 13:3 , 2Ki. 13:7 , 2 Kings 15 - 17 , 2 Kings 24 , 2 Kings 25 , 2Sa. 24:15 , Je. 15:2 - 4 , Je. 16:4 , Je. 9:21 , Je. 9:22
• k: Nu. 14:12 , De. 28:21 , Je. 14:12

26 And when ^lI have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

• l: Is. 3:1 , Is. 9:20 , Eze. 4:16 , Eze. 5:16 , Eze. 14:13 , Ho. 4:10 , Je. 38:9 , Je. 52:6 , Mi. 6:14 , Mi. 6:15 , Hag. 1:6 , Ps. 105:16

27 And ^mif ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;

• m: Le. 26:18 , Le. 26:21 , Le. 26:23

28 Then I ⁿwill walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

• n: Le. 26:18 , Le. 26:21 , Le. 26:24 , Is. 42:24 , Is. 42:25 , Is. 43:11 , Is. 43:25 , Is. 51:12 , Is. 63:3 , Eze. 5:13

29 And ^oye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.

• o: De. 28:53 - 55 , Eze. 5:10 , 2Ki. 6:29 , La. 4:10

30 And I will ^pdestroy your high places, and ^qcut down your images, and ^rcast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

• p: Eze. 20:29 , Je. 32:35 , 2Ch. 14:3 , 2Ch. 14:5 , 2Ch. 31:1 , 2Ch. 34:3 , 2Ch. 34:4 , 2Ch. 34:7
• q: Eze. 6:4 - 6 , 2Ch. 34:4 , 2Ch. 23:17 , Is. 27:9
• r: Je. 8:1 , Je. 8:2 , 2Ch. 34:5 , Ps. 79:1 - 3 , Eze. 6:4 , Eze. 6:5 , Eze. 6:13 , 2Ki. 23:20

31 And I will ^smake your cities waste, and ^tbring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will ^unot smell the savour of your sweet odours.

• s: Je. 9:11 , Ne. 2:17 , Lamentations 1 , La. 2:7 , Ezekiel 9 , Eze. 21:7 , Ne. 2:3 , Eze. 6:6
• t: Ps. 74:7 , La. 1:10 , Eze. 9:6
• u: Am. 5:21 , Is. 1:11 - 13 , Is. 66:3 , Pr. 15:8 , Pr. 21:27 , Ne. 2:3 , Eze. 6:6

32 And I will ^vbring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be ^wastonished at it.

• v: Eze. 33:28 , Eze. 33:29 , Is. 1:7 , Is. 1:8 , De. 29:22 - 24 , La. 5:12 , Je. 9:11 , Je. 25:11 , Je. 25:18
• w: 1Ki. 9:8

33 And I will ^xscatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

• x: De. 4:27 , De. 28:62 , De. 28:64 , De. 32:21 - 26 , Ps. 44:11 , Zec. 7:14 , Je. 9:16 , Eze. 12:14 , Eze. 12:15 , Lu. 21:24 , Lu. 19:43 , Lu. 19:44

34 Then ^yshall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

• y: Le. 25:2 , Le. 25:4 , Le. 25:10 , De. 15:1 , 2Ch. 36:21

35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did ^znot rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

• z: Is. 24:5 , Is. 24:6 , Je. 23:10 , Ro. 8:22 , Le. 25:2

36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a ^afaintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a ⁶shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

• a: Job 15:21 , Job 15:22 , Pr. 28:1 , Is. 10:4 , Is. 30:17 , De. 32:30 , De. 28:65 - 67 , Lu. 21:25 , Lu. 21:26 , Ex. 23:27 , Eze. 21:7 , Eze. 21:12 , Eze. 21:15
• 6: Heb. driven.

37 And ^bthey shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ^cye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

• b: Is. 10:4
• c: Jos. 7:12 , Jos. 7:13

38 And ye shall ^dperish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

• d: Is. 27:13 , Je. 50:6 , Ho. 9:6 , Mat. 21:44 , Mat. 24:28 , Lu. 19:27 , Lu. 19:42 , Lu. 21:24 , 1Th. 2:16

39 And they that are left of you shall ^epine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

• e: De. 30:1 , Ne. 1:3 , Je. 3:25 , Je. 22:12 , Je. 22:13 , Eze. 4:17 , Eze. 6:9 , Eze. 20:44 , Eze. 24:23 , Eze. 33:10 , Ho. 5:15 , Ho. 3:4 , Ex. 20:5 , Mat. 23:35 , Mat. 23:36 , Ro. 11:8 - 10

40 If they shall ^fconfess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their ^*trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

• f: Daniel 9 , Nehemiah 9 , Je. 3:12 - 14 , 1Ki. 8:33 - 53 , Ho. 5:15 , Ho. 6:1 , Ho. 6:2 , Eze. 7:16 , Eze. 16:63 , Eze. 36:31 , Nu. 5:7 , 1Ki. 8:33 , 1Ki. 8:35 , Pr. 28:13 , 1Jn. 1:9 , Lu. 15:18
• *: trespass-sin, transgression.

41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then ^gtheir uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

• g: Je. 6:10 , Je. 9:26 , Je. 29:11 - 13 , Je. 30:11 , Ps. 51:4 , Da. 9:7 , 2Ch. 6:37 , 2Ch. 7:14 , 2Ch. 32:26 , 2Ch. 30:11 , Ro. 2:29 , Ro. 11:26 , Col. 2:11 , Ex. 6:12

42 Then will I ^hremember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I ⁱwill remember the land.

• h: De. 4:31 , De. 30:1 - 9 , Ps. 106:45 , Ps. 136:23 , Eze. 16:60 , Lu. 1:72 , Ex. 2:24 , Ex. 6:5
• i: Eze. 36:33 , Eze. 36:34 , Ps. 85:1 , Ps. 85:2

43 ^jThe land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they ^kdespised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

• j: Le. 26:34 , Le. 26:35
• k: Eze. 13:10 , Zec. 11:8 , 2Ki. 17:7 - 17 , 2Ch. 36:14 - 16 , De. 32:15 - 21 , Le. 26:15 , Le. 26:44

44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, ^lI will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to ^mbreak my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

• l: De. 4:29 - 31 , Eze. 14:22 , Eze. 14:23 , Je. 4:27 , Je. 5:10 , Je. 30:11 , Je. 46:28 , Ne. 9:31 , Ro. 11:2 , Ro. 11:26 , Ro. 11:28 , 2Ki. 13:23
• m: Le. 26:15

45 But I will ⁿfor their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, ^owhom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt ^pin the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

• n: Le. 26:42 , Ro. 11:28 , Ro. 11:29 , Ex. 3:6 , Ex. 10:5 , Ex. 10:6 , Ex. 2:24 , Deuteronomy 4 - 31
• o: Le. 22:33
• p: Ps. 98:2 , Eze. 20:9 , Eze. 20:14 , Eze. 20:22

46 These ^qare the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel ^rin mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

• q: Le. 27:34 , Le. 7:35 - 38 , Le. 11:46 , Le. 11:47 , Le. 14:54 - 57 , Le. 15:32 , Le. 15:33 , Le. 23:2 , De. 6:1 , De. 12:1
• r: Le. 25:1