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also because of their ancestors&#8217 sins they will waste away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/26.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And those of you who are left shall rot away in your enemies’ lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And those of you who are left shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; also in their fathers’ iniquities, which are with them, they shall waste away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their wrongdoing in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the wrongdoing of their forefathers they will rot away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers they will rot away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers they will rot away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So those of you who may remain will rot away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they will rot away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Those of you who are left will rot away because of their wickedness in the lands of your enemies; also because of the wickedness of their forefathers they will rot away like them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away because of their iniquity; they will also waste away because of their ancestors’ iniquities along with theirs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away because of their sin; they will also waste away because of their fathers&#8217 sins along with theirs.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and others of you will waste away in sorrow as the result of your sins and the sins of your ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The few of you who survive in the land of your enemies will waste away because of your own sin and the sin of your ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The remnants among you will waste away in the land of your enemies due to their iniquity. Indeed, they'll also waste away on account of the iniquities of their ancestors with them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors' iniquities which are with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Those of you who are left will rot away in their iniquity in the lands of their enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they rot away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they shall pine away with them. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And those who are left of you—they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, they consume away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And those who are left of you -- they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, with them they consume away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they being left of you, shall pine away in their sin in the land of your enemies, and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And if of them also some remain, they shall pine away in their iniquities, in the land of their enemies, and they shall be afflicted for the sins of their fathers, and their own: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if some few of these still remain, they shall waste away in their iniquities, in the land of their enemies, and they will be afflicted, because of the sins of their fathers and their own sins,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Those of you who survive will waste away in the lands of their enemies, for their own and their ancestors’ guilt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And those of you who survive shall languish in the land of your enemies because of their iniquities; also they shall languish because of the iniquities of their ancestors.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And those of you who are left shall pine away in their iniquity in their enemies' lands; and also in the iniquity of their fathers shall they pine away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And those who remain among you will putrefy in their evil in the land of their enemies, also they will rot in the evil of their fathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And those who are left of you shall perish, because of their sins, and because of the sins of their fathers: in the land of their enemies shall they consume away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/26-39.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7436" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Punishments for Disobedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">38</span>You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you. <span class="reftext">39</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7604.htm" title="7604: wə·han·niš·’ā·rîm (Conj-w, Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To remain, be left over. A primitive root; properly, to swell up, i.e. Be redundant.">Those of you who survive</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’ar·ṣōṯ (Prep-b:: N-fpc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the lands</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·yə·ḇê·ḵem (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 2mp) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">of your enemies</a> <a href="/hebrew/4743.htm" title="4743: yim·maq·qū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To decay, rot, fester, pine away. A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish.">will waste away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ba·‘ă·wō·nām (Prep-b:: N-csc:: 3mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">in their iniquity</a> <a href="/hebrew/637.htm" title="637: wə·’ap̄ (Conj) -- Also, yea. A primitive particle; meaning accession; also or yea; adversatively though.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/4743.htm" title="4743: yim·māq·qū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To decay, rot, fester, pine away. A primitive root; to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish.">will decay</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ba·‘ă·wō·nōṯ (Prep-b:: N-cpc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">in the sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of their fathers.</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tām (Prep:: 3mp) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc."></a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Deuteronomy 28:65-67</a></span><br />Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul. / So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival. / In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/4-17.htm">Ezekiel 4:17</a></span><br />So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Ezekiel 24:23</a></span><br />Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/33-10.htm">Ezekiel 33:10</a></span><br />Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20</a></span><br />Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm">Jeremiah 9:16</a></span><br />I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/24-9.htm">Jeremiah 24:9-10</a></span><br />I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them. / And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Jeremiah 44:27</a></span><br />I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-3.htm">Lamentations 1:3</a></span><br />Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-17.htm">Lamentations 5:17</a></span><br />Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-5.htm">Hosea 4:5</a></span><br />You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-17.htm">Hosea 9:17</a></span><br />My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-9.htm">Zechariah 10:9</a></span><br />Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-29.htm">Matthew 24:29</a></span><br />Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-26.htm">Luke 21:26</a></span><br />Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.</p><p class="hdg">shall pine</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Deuteronomy 28:65</a></b></br> And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call <i>them</i> to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/1-9.htm">Nehemiah 1:9</a></b></br> But <i>if</i> ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, <i>yet</i> will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.</p><p class="hdg">and also</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-7.htm">Exodus 34:7</a></b></br> Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear <i>the guilty</i>; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth <i>generation</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing <i>the guilty</i>, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-38.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-38.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-41.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-41.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-38.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-22.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-36.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Pine</a> <a href="/exodus/16-24.htm">Rot</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-35.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Wasting</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/numbers/15-26.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/1_kings/5-8.htm">Pine</a> <a href="/numbers/5-21.htm">Rot</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/numbers/1-19.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/numbers/5-22.htm">Wasting</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Of idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Reverence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">A blessing to those who keep the commandments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">A curse to those who break them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">God promises to remember those who repent</a></span><br></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 was fulfilled during the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities. The concept of living in the "lands of your enemies" underscores the loss of the Promised Land, a central theme in the Old Testament, symbolizing separation from God's blessing and presence. This exile serves as a physical manifestation of spiritual estrangement from God. Theologically, it foreshadows the New Testament theme of believers being sojourners in a world that is not their home (<a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Hebrews 11:13-16</a>).<p><b>will waste away in their iniquity</b><br>The idea of "wasting away" suggests a gradual decline, both physically and spiritually, due to persistent sin. This reflects the biblical principle that sin leads to death (<a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a>). The Israelites' iniquity, or moral corruption, is seen as the root cause of their suffering. This phrase highlights the consequences of breaking the covenant with God, emphasizing the justice of God in dealing with sin. It also serves as a warning to future generations about the dangers of turning away from God's commandments.<p><b>and will decay in the sins of their fathers</b><br>This part of the verse points to the generational impact of sin, where the consequences of the fathers' sins affect their descendants. It reflects the biblical concept of corporate responsibility and the idea that the sins of one generation can have repercussions for the next (<a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>). This decay is not just physical but also spiritual, indicating a deep-seated corruption that affects the community's relationship with God. Theologically, it underscores the need for repentance and renewal, themes that are central to the prophetic messages in the Old Testament. It also points to the ultimate redemption found in Jesus Christ, who breaks the cycle of sin and offers new life (<a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The primary audience of Leviticus, the Israelites are God's chosen people, receiving the laws and commandments through Moses.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The prophet and leader who delivered God's laws to the Israelites, including the blessings and curses outlined in <a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Leviticus 26</a>.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, where the Israelites were to live in obedience to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies'_lands.htm">Enemies' Lands</a></b><br>Refers to the foreign lands where the Israelites would be exiled due to their disobedience and iniquity.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/iniquity.htm">Iniquity</a></b><br>The sin and moral corruption that led to the Israelites' punishment and exile.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has real and lasting consequences, not only for the individual but also for future generations. Understanding this can lead to a deeper commitment to living a life of obedience to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The Israelites' exile serves as a reminder of the need for genuine repentance. Turning back to God can restore our relationship with Him and bring healing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_discipline.htm">God's Faithfulness in Discipline</a></b><br>Even in discipline, God remains faithful. His purpose is not to destroy but to correct and bring His people back to righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_impact_of_sin.htm">Generational Impact of Sin</a></b><br>Our actions can affect not only our lives but also those of future generations. This calls for a conscious effort to break cycles of sin through faith and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a></b><br>Despite the dire warnings, God's promises of restoration and blessing for obedience remain. This hope encourages perseverance and faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_26.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 26</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_this_cup_pass_from_me.htm">Can this cup pass from me?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_10_20-23_fit_with_israel's_doom.htm">Isaiah 10:20-23: How do we reconcile this promise of a remnant's survival with other Old Testament passages predicting total destruction of Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_lev_25_39-46_differ_on_servitude.htm">Why does the command to release servants (Lev 25:39-46) appear inconsistent with other biblical passages endorsing servitude?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_evolution_explain_altruism_better.htm">How does evolution explain altruism better than divine command theory?</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>(39) <span class= "bld">And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">But those that remain of you shall pine away because of their iniquity, </span>that is, those who will survive the terrible doom described under the five warnings, will pine away with grief, reflecting upon their sins which have brought upon them these tribulations.<p><span class= "bld">And also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and also on account of the iniquity of their fathers with them shall they pine away, </span>that is, they shall pine away on account of their ancestral sins, which they repeat and reproduce. Hence the ancient Chaldee Versions render it, "And also on account of the evil sins of their fathers, which they hold fast in their hands, shall they pine away." It may, however, also be rendered, "And also on account of the iniquities of their fathers which are with them;" that is, which they must bear and expiate. (See <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm" title="You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;">Exodus 20:5</a>.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/26-39.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Those of you who survive</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(wə·han·niš·’ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7604.htm">Strong's 7604: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swell up, be, redundant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the lands</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַרְצֹ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ar·ṣōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your enemies</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·yə·ḇê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will waste away</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמַּ֙קּוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yim·maq·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4743.htm">Strong's 4743: </a> </span><span class="str2">To melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּֽעֲוֺנָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·wō·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַ֛ף</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_637.htm">Strong's 637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will decay</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמָּֽקּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yim·māq·qū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4743.htm">Strong's 4743: </a> </span><span class="str2">To melt, to flow, dwindle, vanish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the sins</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲוֺנֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·wō·nōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their fathers.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 26:39 Those of you who are left will (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/26-38.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 26:38"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:38" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 26:40"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:40" /></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>