Leviticus 26:43
in Leviticus 26For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
KJV
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
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This verse in Leviticus 26
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
If they shall confess their iniquity, &c.--This passage holds out the gracious promise of divine forgiveness and favor on their repentance, and their happy restoration to their land, in memory of the covenant made with their fathers (Ro 2:1-29).
This site's exposition
The land also shall be left of them
on Leviticus 26:43-45
Verse 43 restates the desolation straight after the promise of verse 42, so the record of what caused the exile stands unsoftened beside the mercy. Verse 44 then sets the limit on the whole passage, that in the land of their enemies God will not cast them away nor break his covenant with them. Paul asks whether God has cast away his people at Romans 11:1-2 and answers on the same ground, that God foreknew them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Till he had laid the foundations of a church for himself in the Gentile world, the Jewish church was not quite forsaken, nor cast away. They should be remembered: I will remember the land with favour, which is grounded upon the promise before, I will remember my covenant (
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), that is, if they justify God and condemn themselves, patiently bear the punishment as that which they have well deserved, and carefully answer the ends o it as that which God has well designed, accept it as a kindness, take it as physic, and improve it, then they are penitents indeed. How the mercy which they should obtain upon their repentance is described.
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The land also shall be left of them,....
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָאָרֶץ֩ | vehaaretz | and the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| תֵּעָזֵ֨ב | teazev | it will be forsaken | H5800 → | 215 times |
| מֵהֶ֜ם | mehem | from <the> them | ||
| וְתִ֣רֶץ | vetiretz | and it may accept | H7521 → | 56 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שַׁבְּתֹתֶ֗יהָ | shabetoteiha | sabbaths its | H7676 → | 110 times |
| בָּהְשַׁמָּה֙ | bahshamah | when is made desolate it | H8074 → | 86 times |
| מֵהֶ֔ם | mehem | from <the> them | ||
| וְהֵ֖ם | vehem | and they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| יִרְצ֣וּ | yirtzu | they will accept | H7521 → | 56 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֲוֹנָ֑ם | ʾavonam | iniquity their | H5771 → | 233 times |
| יַ֣עַן | yaan | because | H3282 → | |
| וּבְיַ֔עַן | uveyaan | and by cause | H3282 → | |
| בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י | bemishpatai | <in> judgments my | H4941 → | 422 times |
| מָאָ֔סוּ | maasu | they rejected | H3988 → | 76 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חֻקֹּתַ֖י | chukotai | statutes my | H2708 → | 104 times |
| גָּעֲלָ֥ה | gaalah | it abhorred | H1602 → | 10 times |
| נַפְשָֽׁם׃ | nafsham | self their | H5315 → | 754 times |
וְהָאָרֶץ֩and the land
vehaaretzH776 →2504 times
תֵּעָזֵ֨בit will be forsaken
teazevH5800 →215 times
מֵהֶ֜םfrom <the> them
mehem
וְתִ֣רֶץand it may accept
vetiretzH7521 →56 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שַׁבְּתֹתֶ֗יהָsabbaths its
shabetoteihaH7676 →110 times
בָּהְשַׁמָּה֙when is made desolate it
bahshamahH8074 →86 times
מֵהֶ֔םfrom <the> them
mehem
וְהֵ֖םand they
vehemH1992 →553 times
יִרְצ֣וּthey will accept
yirtzuH7521 →56 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֲוֹנָ֑םiniquity their
ʾavonamH5771 →233 times
יַ֣עַןbecause
yaanH3282 →
וּבְיַ֔עַןand by cause
uveyaanH3282 →
בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י<in> judgments my
bemishpataiH4941 →422 times
מָאָ֔סוּthey rejected
maasuH3988 →76 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
חֻקֹּתַ֖יstatutes my
chukotaiH2708 →104 times
גָּעֲלָ֥הit abhorred
gaalahH1602 →10 times
נַפְשָֽׁם׃self their
nafshamH5315 →754 times
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
Romans 8:7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
- 1 John 2:15–16
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
- James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- Ephesians 4:18–19
They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
- 2 Timothy 3:4
traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
- 1 Corinthians 2:14
Through
Leviticus 26:41and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
it leads to
- Ezekiel 44:7
In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood;…
- 2 Chronicles 12:6–7
So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
- Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Ezekiel 44:7
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About Leviticus

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
