VaYikra 26:16

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16 אַף־אֲנִי אֶעֱשֶׂה־זֹּאת לָכֶם וְהִפְקַדְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם בֶּהָלָה אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶפֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּחַת מְכַלֹּות עֵינַיִם וּמְדִיבֹת נָפֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּם לָרִיק זַרְעֲכֶם וַאֲכָלֻהוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶם׃


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 16. Then the spiritual man will suffer the consequences, for he will bring upon himself a dread of Divine realities, even vastation as to truth, and the force of fiery passions destroying good, that will take away all truths, and deprive man gradually of every principle of good; and no longer will he advance from truth to good, because evils of life will destroy spiritual growth.