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Leviticus 26:39

JudgmentSin

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.

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

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—

41 and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,

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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
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And they that remain of you shall waste away through their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also through the iniquities of their fathers shall they waste away with them.
BLB
And those who are left of you⁺ shall waste away in their iniquity in the lands of your⁺ enemies, and also in the iniquities of their fathers they shall waste away with them.
ÅB
Og de som blir igjen av dere, skal visne bort i deres fienders land for sin misgjernings skyld; også for sine fedres misgjerninger, som hviler på dem, skal de visne bort.
OTB
De som blir igjen, vil svinne bort i deres fienders land på grunn av deres synder; også på grunn av deres forfedres synder vil de svinne bort.
B1930
Og de som blir igjen av eder, skal visne bort i eders fienders land for sin misgjernings skyld; også for sine fedres misgjerninger, som hviler på dem, skal de visne bort.

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 4:17

    So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.

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  • Ezekiel 24:23

    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.

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  • Ezekiel 33:10

    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?’

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  • Exodus 20:5

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  • Deuteronomy 28:65

    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.

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  • Matthew 23:35–36

    And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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  • Ezekiel 6:9

    Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

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  • Numbers 14:18

    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

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