33 And (A)I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.

34 (B)“Then the land shall enjoy[a] its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies' land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths. 35 As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, the rest that it did not have on your Sabbaths when you were dwelling in it. 36 And as for those of you who are left, (C)I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The (D)sound of a (E)driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues. 37 They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues. And (F)you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 39 And those of you who are left shall (G)rot away in your enemies' lands because of their iniquity, and also because of the iniquities of their fathers they shall rot away like them.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:34 Or pay for; twice in this verse; also verse 43

33 I will scatter(A) you among the nations(B) and will draw out my sword(C) and pursue you. Your land will be laid waste,(D) and your cities will lie in ruins.(E) 34 Then the land will enjoy its sabbath years all the time that it lies desolate(F) and you are in the country of your enemies;(G) then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. 35 All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest(H) it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.

36 “‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf(I) will put them to flight.(J) They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.(K) 37 They will stumble over one another(L) as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies.(M) 38 You will perish(N) among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.(O) 39 Those of you who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins; also because of their ancestors’(P) sins they will waste away.(Q)

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