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Leviticus 26:35

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.

As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.

36 As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

37 They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.

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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
As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
KJV
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
WEB
As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it didn’t have in your Sabbaths when you lived on it.
ASV
As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
DARBY
All the days of the desolation it shall rest, [the days in] which it did not rest on your sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein.
BLB
All the days of the desolation it shall rest, for it did not rest in your⁺ Sabbaths, when you⁺ dwelt in it.
ÅB
Hele den tid det ligger øde, skal det ha hvile, den hvile som det ikke fikk i deres sabbatsår, da dere bodde der.
OTB
Alle dagene det ligger øde, vil det ha den hvilen det ikke hadde på deres sabbater da dere bodde på det.
B1930
Hele den tid det ligger øde, skal det ha hvile, den hvile som det ikke fikk i eders sabbatsår, da I bodde der.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 24:5–6

    The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.

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  • Romans 8:22

    We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

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