Leviticus 26:30

28 then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

29 You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.

31 I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

32 And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
KJV
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
WEB
I will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul will abhor you.
ASV
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.
DARBY
And I will lay waste your high places, and cut down your sun-pillars, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols; and my soul shall abhor you.
BLB
And I will destroy your⁺ high places and cut down your⁺ incense altars and cast your⁺ carcasses on the lifeless forms of your⁺ idols, and My soul will abhor you⁺.
ÅB
Og jeg vil ødelegge deres offerhauger og utrydde deres solstøtter og kaste deres døde kropper ovenpå de døde kropper av deres avskyelige avguder, og min sjel skal vemmes ved dere.
OTB
Jeg vil ødelegge deres offerhauger, hogge ned deres røkelsesaltere og legge deres levninger på de livløse formene av deres avguder, for min sjel vil avsky dere.
B1930
Og jeg vil ødelegge eders offerhauger og utrydde eders solstøtter og kaste eders døde kropper ovenpå de døde kropper av eders vederstyggelige avguder, og min sjel skal vemmes ved eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 23:20

    On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

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  • Isaiah 27:9

    Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

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  • Ezekiel 6:3–6

    You are to say: ‘O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places.

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  • Ezekiel 6:13

    Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:3–7

    In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, Josiah began to seek the God of his father David, and in the twelfth year he began to cleanse Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images.

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  • Psalms 89:38

    Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.

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  • Leviticus 20:23

    You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

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  • 1 Kings 13:2

    And he cried out against the altar by the word of the LORD, “O altar, O altar, this is what the LORD says: ‘A son named Josiah will be born to the house of David, and upon you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense upon you, and human bones will be burned upon you.’”

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