But the landוְהָאָרֶץwill be abandonedתֵּעָזֵבby themמֵהֶםand will enjoyוְתִרֶץits Sabbathsאֶת שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָwhile it lies desolateבָּהְשַׁמָּהwithout them;מֵהֶםand theyוְהֵםwill acceptיִרְצוּthe payment for their iniquity,אֶת עֲוֺנָםbecause,יַעַןyes, becauseוּבְיַעַןthey rejectedמָאָסוּmy rulesבְּמִשְׁפָּטַיand their soulנַפְשָׁםloathedגָּעֲלָהmy statutes.וְאֶת חֻקֹּתַי
Leviticus 26:43
Study it in the app“But the land will be abandoned by them and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they will accept the payment for their iniquity, because, yes, because they rejected my rules and their soul loathed my statutes.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Leviticus 26:43, word by word
- But the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- will be abandonedתֵּעָזֵבteazev
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “teazev” appears- and will enjoyתִרֶץtirets
enjoy
To delight in; pay off a debt.
Where else “tirets” appears- its Sabbathsשַׁבְּתֹתֶיshabtote
Sabbath
The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.
Where else “shabtote” appears- while it lies desolateהְשַׁמָּheshama
be desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “heshama” appears- the payment for their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona
punishment
The punishment that wrong brings on the one who did it.
Where else “avona” appears- they rejectedמָאָסוּmaasu
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maasu” appears- my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata
rule
Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.
Where else “mishpata” appears- and their soulנַפְשָׁnafsha
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsha” appears- loathedגָּעֲלָהgaala
loathe
To reject something in disgust.
Where else “gaala” appears- my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota
statute
Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.
Where else “chukota” appears
The context
42then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham I will remember, and the land I will remember.
43 · This verse (above)
44Yet even for all this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them and I will not loathe them so as to destroy them completely and break my covenant with them; for I am YHWH their Elohim.