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.
Context
This verse from Leviticus Chapter 26 connects to 10 cross-references. God promises abundant blessings—rain, fruitful harvests, peace, victory over enemies, and divine presence—if Israel obeys. If Israel disobeys, escalating curses follow: disease, defeat, drought, wild animals, siege, exile, and desolation of the land. Yet God promises to remember the covenant …
Other Translations
The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
`And--the land is left of them, and doth enjoy its sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, against My judgments they have kicked, and My statutes hath their soul loathed,
And the land, while she is without them, will keep her Sabbaths; and they will undergo the punishment of their sins, because they were turned away from my decisions and in their souls was hate for my laws.
Cross References
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do …
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of …
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; …
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt …
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if …
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and …
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, …
For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them …
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold …
And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of …