Leviticus 26:44

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.

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.

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Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am Yahweh their God;

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.

26:45 But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

What does Leviticus 26:44 mean?

Leviticus 26:44 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אַף (ʼaph), זֹאת (zôʼth), גַּם (gam).

Hebrew interlinear

And

yetאַףʼaph/af/H637meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though

for

all

that,זֹאתzôʼth/zothe'/H2063this (often used adverb)

when

they

beגַּםgam/gam/H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

the

landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

their

enemies,אֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary

will

not

cast

them

away,מָאַסmâʼaç/maw-as'/H3988to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

neither

will

abhorגָּעַלgâʻal/gaw-al'/H1602to detest; by implication, to reject

them,

destroy

them

utterly,כָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

and

breakפָּרַרpârar/paw-rar'/H6565to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate

covenantבְּרִיתbᵉrîyth/ber-eeth'/H1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

with

them:

for

the

LORDיְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

their

God.אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

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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.

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What does Leviticus 26:44 say?

Leviticus 26:44 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Leviticus 26:44 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:44 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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