Study it in the app“Then the land will enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will cease and enjoy its Sabbaths.”
Thenאָזthe landהָאָרֶץwill enjoyתִּרְצֶהits Sabbathsאֶת שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיit lies desolate,הֳשַׁמָּהwhile youוְאַתֶּםare in the landבְּאֶרֶץof your enemies;אֹיְבֵיכֶםthenאָזthe landהָאָרֶץwill ceaseתִּשְׁבַּתand enjoyוְהִרְצָתits Sabbaths.אֶת שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָ
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsenjoy
To delight in; pay off a debt.
Where else “tirtse” appearsSabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabtote” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appearsbe desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “hoshama” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appearskeep the Sabbath
To keep the Sabbath, the day of rest.
Where else “tishbat” appears2 Chronicles 36:21 says that during the exile to Babylon the land enjoyed its Sabbaths for seventy years.
33And you I will scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you; and your land will be a desolation, and your cities will be a ruin.
34 · This verse (above)
35All the days it lies desolate it will cease, what it did not cease on your Sabbaths when you lived on it.
