Leviticus 26:35

Leviticus 26:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
• New International Version (NIV)All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)As long as the land lies in ruins, it will enjoy the rest you never allowed it to take every seventh year while you lived in it.

Context of Leviticus 26:35

33I will scatter you among the nations and draw out a sword after you; your land shall be desolate and your cities waste. 34Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths. As long as it lies desolate it shall rest— for the time it did not rest on your sabbaths when you dwelt in it. 36‘And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a shaken leaf shall cause them to flee; they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword, and they shall fall when no one pursues. 37They shall stumble over one another, as it were before a sword, when no one pursues; and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Leviticus 26:35 word by word

כָּל־יְמֵ֥י הָשַּׁמָּ֖ה תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־שָׁבְתָ֛ה בְּשַׁבְּתֹתֵיכֶ֖ם בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶ֥ם עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As long asיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• it lieth desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• it shall restשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• in your sabbathsשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• when ye dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427

Cross-references for Leviticus 26:35

• Isaiah 24:5The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant.
• Romans 8:22For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:35

• 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. 14-3914-15. But if ye will not hearken unto me, &c.--In proportion to the great and manifold privileges bestowed upon the Israelites would be the extent of their national criminality and the severity of their national punishments if they disobeyed.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 26:35

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

In the dictionaries

• Cast
• Chastise
• Enjoy
• Faintness
• Fall
• Heathen
• Jerusalem
• Rid
• Sabbatical year
• 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