Leviticus 26:32
30 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.
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
33 But 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.
34 Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
- KJV
- And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
- WEB
- I will bring the land into desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it will be astonished at it.
- ASV
- And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
- DARBY
- And I will bring the land into desolation; that your enemies who dwell there in may be astonished at it.
- BLB
- And I will bring to desolation the land, and your⁺ enemies who dwell in it will be astonished at it.
- ÅB
- Og jeg vil legge landet øde, så deres fiender som bor der, skal forferdes over det.
- OTB
- Jeg vil gjøre landet øde, så deres fiender som bosetter seg i det vil bli forferdet.
- B1930
- Og jeg vil legge landet øde, så eders fiender som bor der, skal forferdes over det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 9:11
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
Read in contextJeremiah 18:16
They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.
Read in contextJeremiah 19:8
I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:11
And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
Read in contextEzekiel 5:15
So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:37
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
Read in contextJeremiah 25:18
to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;
Read in context1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
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