As “the book of the covenant” (Exodus 20:22-33) concludes with promises and warnings (Exodus 23:20–33), so does this collec…

And if you will not yet for all this hearken unto me. —Better, and if up to these you will not hearken unto me, …

And if you will not yet for all this listen. The gradation of punishments mentioned here shows that they are so tempered by God’s kindness…

And if you will not for all this hearken to me
If such corrections by diseases of body, and by giving them up into t…

After God has set the ble ing before them that would make them a happy people if they were obedient, He here sets the curse before them—the evils t…