Leviticus 26:31

Leviticus 26:31 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
• New International Version (NIV)I will turn your cities into ruins and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will take no delight in the pleasing aroma of your offerings.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And I will lay your cities waste and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your pleasing aromas.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will lay your cities waste and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the fragrance of your sweet aromas.

Context of Leviticus 26:31

29You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. 30I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you. I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas. 32I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled. 33I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

Leviticus 26:31 word by word

וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־עָֽרֵיכֶם֙ חָרְבָּ֔ה וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֖י אֶת־מִקְדְּשֵׁיכֶ֑ם וְלֹ֣א אָרִ֔יחַ בְּרֵ֖יחַ נִיחֹֽחֲכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will makeנָתַןnâthan · to give: makeH5414
• your citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• wasteחׇרְבָּהchorbâh · desolationH2723
• and bringשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• your sanctuariesמִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh miqqedâsh · sanctuaryH4720
• and I will not smellרִיחַrûach · to smellH7306
• the savourרֵיחַrêyach · aromaH7381
• of your sweet odoursנִיחֹחַnîychôach nîychôach · soothingH5207

Cross-references for Leviticus 26:31

• 2 Kings 25:4The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden. (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.
• 2 Chronicles 36:19They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.
• Nehemiah 2:3I replied to the king, “O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?”
• Isaiah 1:7Your land is devastated, your cities burned with fire. Right before your eyes your crops are being destroyed by foreign invaders. They leave behind devastation and destruction.
• Isaiah 24:10The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight.
• Jeremiah 4:7Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.
• Jeremiah 9:11The Lord said, “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them.”
• Lamentations 1:1Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer! ב (Bet)
• Lamentations 2:7The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the Lord’s temple as if it were a feast day. ח (Khet)
• Ezekiel 6:6In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out.
• Ezekiel 21:15So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!
• Micah 3:12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!
• Psalms 74:3Hurry and look at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple!
• Jeremiah 22:5But, if you do not obey these commands, I solemnly swear that this palace will become a pile of rubble. I, the Lord, affirm it!”
• Jeremiah 26:6If you do not obey me, then I will do to this temple what I did to Shiloh. And I will make this city an example to be used in curses by people from all the nations on the earth.’”
• Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:31

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-45Verses 3-45 As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Leviticus 26:4 Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons, called…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-39Verses 14-39 After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two things would bring ruin. 1. A contempt of God's commandments. They that reject the precept, will come at last to renounce the covenant. 2. A contempt of his corrections. If they will not learn obedience by the things they suffer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-39God punishes his people to change their behavior and restore their relationship with him. He acts like a perfectly righteous and loving parent would with a disobedient child. The punishments, meant to stop rebellious behavior, gradually increase. This gives Israel a chance to repent at any time (Leviticus 26:18–28). Even when Israel faced exile from the land in 722 and 586 BC, God was working to restore them (see, for example, Isaiah 40–66; Jeremiah…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. I will make your cities waste--This destruction of its numerous and flourishing cities, which was brought upon Judea through the sins of Israel, took place by the forced removal of the people during, and long after, the captivity. But it is realized to a far greater extent now. bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours--the tabernacle and temple, as is evident from the tenor of the subsequent clause…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 26:31

• Backsliders
• Blessing
• Covenant
• Disobedience to God
• Judgments
• Punishment
• Reward
• Sin
• War
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Cast
• Chastise
• Enjoy
• Faintness
• Fall
• Heathen
• Jerusalem
• Jordan
• Rid
• Scatter

Commentaries on Leviticus 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings