Just like there was a reward for the people's obedience, there was a steep penalty for disobedience;
Leviticus 26:14-17 NLT
[14] “However, if you do not listen to me or obey all these commands, [15] and if you break my covenant by rejecting my decrees, treating my regulations with contempt, and refusing to obey my commands, [16] I will punish you. I will bring sudden terrors upon you—wasting diseases and burning fevers that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will plant your crops in vain because your enemies will eat them. [17] I will turn against you, and you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will run even when no one is chasing you!
It.was quite terrible, but they had very little choice, disobedience turned God against them. I said in the podcast that the children of Israel are still suffering the effect of their after close to 3,000 years.
