Leviticus 26:15

“And if ye shall despise my statutes, etc.] Which is an aggravated sin; to be negligent hearers of the commands of God is bad, not to be doers of them worse, but to treat them with contempt is worse still: or if your soul abhor my judgments: which is worst of all, to despise them as if not wisely or righteously made is a dreadful reflection upon the Maker of them; but to abhor them as bad things, not fit to be regarded, but to be had in the utmost detestation, is shocking impiety: so that ye will not do all my commandments; nor any of them, but are set against them, and determined and resolved on the contrary: [but] that ye break my covenant; the covenant made with them at Sinai, when they…”

“As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-33 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Deut. 27–30 is marked by broader and deeper promises and denunciations having immediate reference not only to outward consequences, but to the spiritual death incurred by transgressing the divine will. Leviticus 26:4 Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons,…”

“Break my covenant - Break your part of that covenant made between me and you, and thereby discharge me from the blessings promised on my part. Leviticus 26:16”

“despise: Lev 26:43; Num 15:31; Sa2 12:9, Sa2 12:10; Kg2 17:15; Ch2 36:16; Pro 1:7, Pro 1:30; Jer 6:19; Zac 7:11-13; Act 13:41; Th1 4:8 soul: Psa 50:17; Pro 5:12; Rom 8:7 break: Gen 17:14; Exo 19:5, Exo 24:7; Deu 31:16; Isa 24:5; Jer 11:10, Jer 31:32; Eze 16:59; Heb 8:9 Leviticus 26:16”