Leviticus 26

After reading Leviticus 26:

*It seems that we have reached the end of the law making. This chapter is about rewards and punishments for following or not following all those laws.

First we have the rewards for absolute obedience to Yahweh's commands:
-Rain
-Plentiful crops
-Peace in the land
-An absence of wild animals ( It appears God doesn't know this would hurt the ecosystem, not to mention cause an increase in small rodents.)
-An absence of war
-The ability to slaughter their enemies easily (What defines an enemy?)
-An increase in population (This can also backfire, too many people becomes a strain on the economy and the land. But that idea is contrary to tribal thinking.)
-God will live and walk among them, even though they will never personally see or hear him and they will have to take the priest's word for it.

Next we have consequences for failing to carry out all of god's commands, which will violate his covenant:
-Disease
-Famine
-Subjugation to enemies
-Imaginary fears
-Attacks by wild animals
-War in the land, which will cause plagues and deprivation
-They will eat their own children.
-God will tear down places of idol worship. (Well, not him personally, but his agents, the priests.)
-Cities will be ruined and the land will get an enforced Sabbath rest.
-They will waste away as captives in the lands of their enemies.

All these afflictions will be multiplied seven times over. But, after they are punished,  if they confess their sins, the land will be waiting for them to return from their exile. God won't forget about them.
They will not be completely destroyed and he will remember his covenant with them.

Wow! This all eventually came true. Isn't it miraculous? Well,  it might have been if these passages were actually written in the time of Moses. There is more reason to believe they were written after the   Babylonian and Persian exiles. (See Leviticus.) Even if it was written beforehand, these kind of events happened with alarming frequency throughout the ancient world. Were the other conquered people's gods punishing them in the same way that Yahweh punished the Israelites? Since the Babylonians and Persians prospered against the Israelites, does that mean Yahweh favored them at the time, even though they worshipped other gods?