Leviticus 26:33
in Leviticus 26But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
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ASV
And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
KJV
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
I will scatter you among the heathen, &c.--as was done when the elite of the nation were removed into Assyria and placed in various parts of the kingdom.
This site's exposition
And I will bring the land into desolation
on Leviticus 26:32-33
Scattering is the last of the curses and it undoes the gift of the land itself. The enemies who take the ground are described as astonished at what they find, which is a detail a reader expects in a lament rather than in a threat. Deuteronomy 29:24-28 works the same picture into a scene where the nations stand over the ruin and ask why the LORD did this.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And I will scatter you among the Heathen,....
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶתְכֶם֙ | veetkhem | and <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֱזָרֶ֣ה | ʾezareh | I will scatter | H2219 → | |
| בַגּוֹיִ֔ם | vagoyim | among the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥י | vaharikoti | and I will draw | H7324 → | |
| אַחֲרֵיכֶ֖ם | ʾachareikhem | after you | H310 → | 715 times |
| חָ֑רֶב | charev | a sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| וְהָיְתָ֤ה | vehaytah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| אַרְצְכֶם֙ | ʾartzekhem | land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שְׁמָמָ֔ה | shemamah | a desolation | H8077 → | |
| וְעָרֵיכֶ֖ם | veareikhem | and cities your | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יִהְי֥וּ | yihyu | they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| חָרְבָּֽה׃ | charbah | a waste place | H2723 → |
וְאֶתְכֶם֙and <obj.> you
veetkhemH853 →10935 times
אֱזָרֶ֣הI will scatter
ʾezarehH2219 →
בַגּוֹיִ֔םamong the nations
vagoyimH1471 →561 times
וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥יand I will draw
vaharikotiH7324 →
אַחֲרֵיכֶ֖םafter you
ʾachareikhemH310 →715 times
חָ֑רֶבa sword
charevH2719 →413 times
וְהָיְתָ֤הand it will be
vehaytahH1961 →3559 times
אַרְצְכֶם֙land your
ʾartzekhemH776 →2504 times
שְׁמָמָ֔הa desolation
shemamahH8077 →
וְעָרֵיכֶ֖םand cities your
veareikhemH5892 →1090 times
יִהְי֥וּthey will be
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
חָרְבָּֽה׃a waste place
charbahH2723 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 4:27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:62–64
You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
- Nehemiah 1:8–9
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
- Deuteronomy 28:62–64
Through
Zechariah 7:14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:27
Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Deuteronomy 28:33
A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.
- Jeremiah 23:19
Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.
- Deuteronomy 4:27
Through
Ezekiel 22:15I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you throughout the lands; I will purge your uncleanness.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 1:8
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
- Nehemiah 1:8
Through
Ezekiel 20:23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:64–68
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Deuteronomy 28:64–68
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.