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Leviticus 26:38

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.

You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

39 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.

40 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

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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
You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.
KJV
And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
WEB
You will perish among the nations. The land of your enemies will eat you up.
ASV
And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
DARBY
And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
BLB
And you⁺ shall perish among the nations, and the land of your⁺ enemies shall eat you⁺ up.
ÅB
Og dere skal gå til grunne blant hedningene, og deres fienders land skal fortære dere.
OTB
Dere vil gå til grunne blant nasjonene, og deres fienders land vil fortære dere.
B1930
Og I skal gå til grunne blandt hedningene, og eders fienders land skal fortære eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 42:17–18

    So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’

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  • Isaiah 27:13

    And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:68

    The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

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  • Deuteronomy 28:48

    you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

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  • Deuteronomy 4:26–27

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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  • Jeremiah 44:12–14

    And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.

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  • Jeremiah 42:22

    Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

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  • Jeremiah 44:27–28

    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.

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