Leviticus 26
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Leviticus 26:32-41

32Yes, I myself will devastate your land, and your enemies who come to occupy it will be appalled at what they see.

33I will scatter you among the nations and bring out my sword against you. Your land will become desolate, and your cities will lie in ruins.

34Then at last the land will enjoy its neglected Sabbath years as it lies desolate while you are in exile in the land of your enemies. Then the land will finally rest and enjoy the Sabbaths it missed.

35As 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.

36“And for those of you who survive, I will demoralize you in the land of your enemies. You will live in such fear that the sound of a leaf driven by the wind will send you fleeing. You will run as though fleeing from a sword, and you will fall even when no one pursues you.

37Though no one is chasing you, you will stumble over each other as though fleeing from a sword. You will have no power to stand up against your enemies.

38You will die among the foreign nations and be devoured in the land of your enemies.

39Those of you who survive will waste away in your enemies’ lands because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.

40“But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.

41When I have turned their hostility back on them and brought them to the land of their enemies, then at last their stubborn hearts will be humbled, and they will pay for their sins.

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