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Leviticus 26:43

26:42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
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.

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The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

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.

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lies 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.

26:44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.

What does Leviticus 26:43 mean?

Leviticus 26:43 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), עָזַב (ʻâzab), רָצָה (râtsâh).

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The
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
also
shall
be
leftעָזַבʻâzab/aw-zab'/H5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
of
them,
and
shall
enjoyרָצָהrâtsâh/raw-tsaw'/H7521to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
her
sabbaths,שַׁבָּתshabbâth/shab-bawth'/H7676intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath
while
she
lieth
desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm/shaw-mame'/H8074to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
without
them:
and
they
shall
acceptרָצָהrâtsâh/raw-tsaw'/H7521to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy adebt
of
the
punishment
of
their
iniquity:עָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
because,יַעַןyaʻan/yah'-an/H3282properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
even
becauseיַעַןyaʻan/yah'-an/H3282properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause
they
despisedמָאַסmâʼaç/maw-as'/H3988to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
my
judgments,מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
and
because
their
soulנֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
abhorredגָּעַלgâʻal/gaw-al'/H1602to detest; by implication, to reject
my
statutes.חֻקָּהchuqqâh/khook-kaw'/H2708{an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 26:43.

Leviticus 26:34

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.

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 26:41

And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

Leviticus 7:18

And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

Numbers 11:20

But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? whole: Heb. month of days

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What does Leviticus 26:43 say?

Leviticus 26:43 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Leviticus 26:43 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:43 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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