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They will pay for their sins because they rejected my laws and abhorred my decrees. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/26.htm">New Living Translation</a> For the land must be abandoned to enjoy its years of Sabbath rest as it lies deserted. At last the people will pay for their sins, for they have continually rejected my regulations and despised my decrees. <a href="/esv/leviticus/26.htm">English Standard Version</a> But the land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For 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. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/26.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/26.htm">New King James Version</a> The land also shall be left empty by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; they will accept their guilt, because they despised My judgments and because their soul abhorred My statutes. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For the land will be abandoned by them, and will restore its Sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their wrongdoing, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul loathed My statutes. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216For the land will be abandoned by them, and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘For the land shall be abandoned by them, and shall make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, shall be making amends for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For the land will be forsaken by them and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making up for their iniquity because they rejected My judgments and their soul loathed My statutes. <a href="/amp/leviticus/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a> But the land will be abandoned by them and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they will accept the punishment for their wickedness and make amends because they rejected My ordinances and their soul rejected My statutes. <a href="/csb/leviticus/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they make amends for their iniquity, because they rejected my ordinances and abhorred my statutes. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they pay the penalty for their sin, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes. <a href="/asv/leviticus/26.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/leviticus/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> and let it rest during the time that you are in a foreign country, paying for your rebellion against me and my laws. <a href="/erv/leviticus/26.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 rejected my judgments, and their soul abhorred my statutes. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The land, abandoned by them, will enjoy its time to honor the LORD while it lies deserted without them. They must accept their guilt because they rejected my rules and looked at my laws with disgust. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/26.htm">Good News Translation</a> First, however, the land must be rid of its people, so that it can enjoy its complete rest, and they must pay the full penalty for having rejected my laws and my commands. <a href="/isv/leviticus/26.htm">International Standard Version</a> They will leave the land so it can rest while it lies desolate without them. That's when they'll receive the punishment of their iniquity, because indeed they will have rejected my ordinances and despised my statutes. <a href="/msb/leviticus/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For 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. <a href="/net/leviticus/26.htm">NET Bible</a> The land will be abandoned by them in order that it may make up for its Sabbaths while it is made desolate without them, and they will make up for their iniquity because they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred my statutes. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The land also shall be left by 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. <a href="/web/leviticus/26.htm">World English Bible</a> The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the land is left by them, and enjoys its Sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, they have kicked against My judgments, and their soul has loathed My statutes, <a href="/ylt/leviticus/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And -- the land is left of them, and doth enjoy its sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, against My judgments they have kicked, and My statutes hath their soul loathed, <a href="/slt/leviticus/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the land shall be left of them, and shall delight with its Sabbaths in its desolation from them: and they shall be satisfied because of their iniquity, and because they rejected my judgments, and my laws their soul abhorred.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Which when she shall be left by them, shall enjoy her sabbaths, being desolate for them. But they shall pray for their sins, because they rejected my judgments, and despised my laws. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> which, when she will be left behind by them, shall be pleased by her Sabbaths, enduring solitude because of them. Yet truly, they shall pray for their sins, because they cast aside my judgments, and they despised my laws. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/26.htm">New American Bible</a> The land will be forsaken by them, that in its desolation without them, it may make up its sabbaths, and that they, too, may make good the debt of their guilt for having spurned my decrees and loathed my statutes. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For the land shall be deserted by them, and enjoy its sabbath years by lying desolate without them, while they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they dared to spurn my ordinances, and they abhorred my statutes.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity because they have despised my judgments and because their soul abhorred my statutes. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the land shall be forsaken of them and it shall be pleased in its Sabbaths whenever it is deserted by them, and they shall acknowledge their evil because they rejected my judgment and their souls loathed my commands.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For the land shall lie forsaken without them, and shall be paid her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them; and they shall be paid the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected Mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred My statutes. <a href="/sep/leviticus/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will remember the land, and the land shall be left of them; then the land shall enjoy her sabbaths, when it is deserted through them: and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquities, because they neglected my judgments, and in their soul loathed my ordinances. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/26-43.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7477" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">God Remembers Those who Repent</a> …42then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. 43<a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: wə·hā·’ā·reṣ (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">For the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: tê·‘ā·zêḇ (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">will be abandoned</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- ">by them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7521.htm" title="7521: wə·ṯi·reṣ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Jus-3fs) -- To be pleased with, accept favorably. A primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt.">and it will enjoy</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7676.htm" title="7676: šab·bə·ṯō·ṯe·hā (N-cpc:: 3fs) -- Sabbath. Intensive from shabath; intermission, i.e the Sabbath.">its Sabbaths</a> <a href="/hebrew/8074.htm" title="8074: bā·hə·šam·māh (Prep-b:: V-Hofal-Inf:: 3fs) -- To be desolated or appalled. A primitive root; to stun, i.e. Devastate or stupefy.">by lying desolate</a> <a href="/hebrew/mê·hem (Prep-m:: Pro-3mp) -- ">without them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">And they</a> <a href="/hebrew/7521.htm" title="7521: yir·ṣū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To be pleased with, accept favorably. A primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt.">will pay the penalty</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nām (N-csc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">for their iniquity,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ū·ḇə·ya·‘an (Conj-w, Prep-b:: Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3988.htm" title="3988: mā·’ā·sū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To spurn, to disappear. A primitive root; to spurn; also to disappear.">they rejected</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4941.htm" title="4941: bə·miš·pā·ṭay (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Judgment. ">My ordinances</a> <a href="/hebrew/1602.htm" title="1602: gā·‘ă·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To abhor, loathe. A primitive root; to detest; by implication, to reject.">and abhorred</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qō·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">My statutes.</a> 44Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-21.htm">2 Chronicles 36:21</a> So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah. <a href="/jeremiah/25-11.htm">Jeremiah 25:11-12</a> And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. / But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10</a> For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. <a href="/daniel/9-2.htm">Daniel 9:2</a> in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. <a href="/nehemiah/1-8.htm">Nehemiah 1:8-9</a> 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, / but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’ <a href="/ezekiel/20-43.htm">Ezekiel 20:43-44</a> There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done. / Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.” <a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Ezekiel 36:31-32</a> Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations. / It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord GOD—let it be known to you. Be ashamed and disgraced for your ways, O house of Israel! <a href="/isaiah/1-19.htm">Isaiah 1:19-20</a> If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. / But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-27.htm">Deuteronomy 4:27-31</a> 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. / And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. / But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Deuteronomy 28:63-64</a> Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. / 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 nor your fathers have known. <a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">2 Kings 17:23</a> Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day. <a href="/2_kings/25-21.htm">2 Kings 25:21</a> There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land. <a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a> Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” <a href="/romans/11-25.htm">Romans 11:25-27</a> I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. / And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.” <a href="/hebrews/8-10.htm">Hebrews 8:10-12</a> For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. / No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. / For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lies 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.shall enjoy<a href="/leviticus/26-34.htm">Leviticus 26:34,35</a> Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths… and they<a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Leviticus 26:41</a> And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:<a href="/1_kings/8-46.htm">1 Kings 8:46-48</a> If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; … <a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">2 Chronicles 33:12</a> And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,they despised<a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Leviticus 26:15</a> And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:<a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-17</a> For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, … <a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-16</a> Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem… their soul<a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Leviticus 26:15,30</a> And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: … <a href="/psalms/50-17.htm">Psalm 50:17</a> Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.<a href="/amos/5-10.htm">Amos 5:10</a> They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Abhorred</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-35.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/genesis/25-34.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-34.htm">Enjoy</a> <a href="/genesis/24-27.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-35.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/genesis/38-20.htm">Meanwhile</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-7.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-35.htm">Sabbaths</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-30.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-15.htm">Statutes</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/29-25.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-19.htm">Abhorred</a> <a href="/numbers/7-5.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/numbers/21-30.htm">Desolate</a> <a href="/numbers/11-20.htm">Despised</a> <a href="/numbers/14-31.htm">Enjoy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/numbers/5-15.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-46.htm">Judgments</a> <a href="/numbers/5-13.htm">Lies</a> <a href="/joshua/10-33.htm">Meanwhile</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-46.htm">Ordinances</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-45.htm">Paid</a> <a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm">Rejected</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-31.htm">Sabbaths</a> <a href="/numbers/5-6.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Statutes</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 26</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Of idolatry</a> 2. <a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Reverence</a> 3. <a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">A blessing to those who keep the commandments</a> 14. <a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">A curse to those who break them</a> 40. <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">God promises to remember those who repent</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, this occurred during the Babylonian exile when the Israelites were taken captive, leaving the land desolate. Theologically, it underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the land is a significant part of the promise given to Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7</a>). The abandonment signifies a breach in this covenant due to Israel's unfaithfulness.and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them The concept of the land enjoying its Sabbaths refers to the Sabbatical year, a commandment found in <a href="/leviticus/25-4.htm">Leviticus 25:4</a>, where the land was to rest every seventh year. The Israelites' failure to observe these Sabbaths led to the land being desolate, fulfilling the requirement of rest. This highlights the importance of obedience to God's laws and the consequences of neglecting them. It also reflects God's sovereignty over creation, ensuring His commands are ultimately fulfilled.And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity This phrase indicates the principle of divine justice, where sin incurs consequences. The Israelites' iniquity, or moral wrongdoing, led to their exile and suffering. This is consistent with the biblical theme of reaping what one sows (<a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7</a>). It serves as a warning and a call to repentance, emphasizing that God's justice is both corrective and redemptive.because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes The rejection of God's ordinances and statutes signifies a deep-seated rebellion against His authority and covenant. This rejection is not merely a failure to follow rules but a heart attitude of disdain towards God's law. Biblically, this mirrors the human condition of sin and the need for a savior. It foreshadows the New Covenant through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers redemption for those who believe (<a href="/matthew/5-17.htm">Matthew 5:17</a>, <a href="/romans/8-3.htm">Romans 8:3-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The primary audience of Leviticus, the Israelites were God's chosen people, whom He delivered from slavery in Egypt and to whom He gave the Law through Moses. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> Refers to the Promised Land, Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a central theme in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a>, representing both blessing and judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign Lord who establishes a covenant with Israel, promising blessings for obedience and consequences for disobedience. 4. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The prophet and leader through whom God delivered the Law, including the blessings and curses outlined in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a>. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_covenant.htm">The Covenant</a> The agreement between God and Israel, which includes stipulations, blessings for obedience, and curses for disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43</a> highlights the consequences of disobedience. Believers are reminded of the importance of living in accordance with God's commands. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains faithful to His covenant. This encourages believers to trust in God's promises. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_repentance.htm">The Role of Repentance</a> The verse implies the possibility of restoration through repentance. Believers are called to examine their lives and turn back to God when they stray. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> The desolation of the land serves as a stark reminder of the serious consequences of sin. This encourages believers to take sin seriously and seek God's forgiveness. <a href="/topical/t/the_sabbath_principle.htm">The Sabbath Principle</a> The land enjoying its Sabbaths points to the importance of rest and honoring God's design for creation. Believers are encouraged to incorporate rest and reflection in their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 26</a> <a href="/q/why_don't_nearby_cultures_record_jubilees.htm">Why do other civilizations around Israel not record similar extended fallow periods or Jubilees, if this commandment (Lev 25) was practiced widely?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_of_deut_29_22-28_curses.htm">(Deut 29:22-28) Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that the severe curses and land devastation described actually occurred?</a> <a href="/q/does_god's_promise_conflict_with_judgment.htm">(Leviticus 26:44) Does God's promise never to fully reject Israel conflict with other passages about divine judgment and exile?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_obedience_ensure_rain.htm">(Leviticus 26:4) How can this chapter's claim that obedience directly guarantees rainfall be reconciled with modern meteorological science?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(43) The land also shall be left of them.--Better, but the land shall be deserted by them. The solemn warning is here reiterated, that before God will remember His covenant with the patriarchs, and also be mindful of the land, the land must be depopulated of its rebellious inhabitants, and enjoy the Sabbaths which have been denied to it. This verse, therefore which is substantially a repetition of <a href="/context/leviticus/26-33.htm" title="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.">Leviticus 26:33-34</a>, seems to have been inserted here to deprecate more solemnly the heinousness of their sins. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/26-43.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For the land וְהָאָרֶץ֩ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land will be abandoned תֵּעָזֵ֨ב (tê·‘ā·zêḇ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> To loosen, relinquish, permit by them, מֵהֶ֜ם (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They and it will enjoy וְתִ֣רֶץ (wə·ṯi·reṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7521.htm">Strong's 7521: </a> To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt its Sabbaths שַׁבְּתֹתֶ֗יהָ (šab·bə·ṯō·ṯe·hā) Noun - common plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7676.htm">Strong's 7676: </a> Intermission, the Sabbath by lying desolate בָּהְשַׁמָּה֙ (bā·hə·šam·māh) Preposition-b | Verb - Hofal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8074.htm">Strong's 8074: </a> To stun, devastate, stupefy without them. מֵהֶ֔ם (mê·hem) Preposition-m | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They And they וְהֵ֖ם (wə·hêm) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They will pay the penalty יִרְצ֣וּ (yir·ṣū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7521.htm">Strong's 7521: </a> To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt for their iniquity, עֲוֺנָ֑ם (‘ă·wō·nām) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity because יַ֣עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause they rejected מָאָ֔סוּ (mā·’ā·sū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3988.htm">Strong's 3988: </a> To spurn, to disappear My ordinances בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י (bə·miš·pā·ṭay) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm">Strong's 4941: </a> A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style and abhorred גָּעֲלָ֥ה (gā·‘ă·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1602.htm">Strong's 1602: </a> To detest, to reject My statutes. חֻקֹּתַ֖י (ḥuq·qō·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> Something prescribed, an enactment, statute <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/26-43.htm">Leviticus 26:43 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-43.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 26:43 The land also will be left (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/26-42.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 26:42"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:42" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/26-44.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 26:44"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:44" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>