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Leviticus 26:34

26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

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Then the land will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land. Even then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

What does Leviticus 26:34 mean?

Leviticus 26:34 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), רָצָה (râtsâh), שַׁבָּת (shabbâth).

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Then
shall
the
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
enjoyרָצָהrâtsâh/raw-tsaw'/H7521to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
her
sabbaths,שַׁבָּתshabbâth/shab-bawth'/H7676intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
as
longיוֹםyôwm/yome/H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
as
it
lieth
desolate,שָׁמֵםshâmêm/shaw-mame'/H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
and
ye
be
in
your
enemies'אֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary
land;אֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
even
then
shall
the
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
rest,שָׁבַתshâbath/shaw-bath'/H7673to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
and
enjoyרָצָהrâtsâh/raw-tsaw'/H7521to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
her
sabbaths.שַׁבָּתshabbâth/shab-bawth'/H7676intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 26:34.

2 Chronicles 36:21

To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

Leviticus 26:35

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

Leviticus 26:43

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 2:3

And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. created: Heb. created to make

Genesis 2:4

These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

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What does Leviticus 26:34 say?

Leviticus 26:34 (King James Version) reads: "Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths."

Is Leviticus 26:34 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:34 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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