The Meaning of Leviticus 26:26 Explained

Leviticus 26:26

KJV: And when I 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.

YLT: 'In My breaking to you the staff of bread, then ten women have baked your bread in one oven, and have given back your bread by weight; and ye have eaten, and are not satisfied.

Darby: When I break the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and shall deliver you the bread again by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

ASV: When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[And] when I 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. 

What does Leviticus 26:26 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 26:21-46 - Desolation And Captivity For The Stubborn
Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods. Thus, they brought upon themselves the sore judgments threatened against them, consisting of defeat, scarcity, wild beasts, pestilence and famine, the horrors of siege and desolation, followed by dispersion to the four winds of heaven. The book of Judges illustrates the first, and the destruction of Jerusalem, as told by Josephus, the last of these plagues.
Under the curse of this chapter the chosen people are suffering to this very hour. Scattered and peeled, wasted and outcast, they are monuments of God's truthfulness to His word. They teach an impressive lesson which the nations of the world would do well to lay to heart. Note that remarkable expression about accepting their punishment, as the necessary condition of forgiveness and restoration. The same condition always holds.
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Chapter Summary: Leviticus 26

1  Of idolatry
2  Reverence
3  A blessing to those who keep the commandments
14  A curse to those who break them
40  God promises to remember those who repent

What do the individual words in Leviticus 26:26 mean?

When I have cut off your supply of bread and shall bake ten women your bread in oven one and they shall bring back your bread by weight and you shall eat and not be satisfied -
בְּשִׁבְרִ֣י לָכֶם֮ מַטֵּה־ לֶחֶם֒ וְ֠אָפוּ עֶ֣שֶׂר נָשִׁ֤ים לַחְמְכֶם֙ בְּתַנּ֣וּר אֶחָ֔ד וְהֵשִׁ֥יבוּ לַחְמְכֶ֖ם בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑ל וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם וְלֹ֥א תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ ס

בְּשִׁבְרִ֣י  When  I  have  cut  off 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common singular
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.
לָכֶם֮  your 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
מַטֵּה־  supply 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
לֶחֶם֒  of  bread 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
וְ֠אָפוּ  and  shall  bake 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: אָפָה 
Sense: to bake.
עֶ֣שֶׂר  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
נָשִׁ֤ים  women 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
לַחְמְכֶם֙  your  bread 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
בְּתַנּ֣וּר  in  oven 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular
Root: תַּנּוּר  
Sense: furnace, oven, fire-pot, (portable) stove.
אֶחָ֔ד  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וְהֵשִׁ֥יבוּ  and  they  shall  bring  back 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לַחְמְכֶ֖ם  your  bread 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine plural
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑ל  by  weight 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁקָל  
Sense: heaviness, weight.
וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם  and  you  shall  eat 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וְלֹ֥א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִשְׂבָּֽעוּ  be  satisfied 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׂבַע  
Sense: to be satisfied, be sated, be fulfilled, be surfeited.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation