Leviticus 26:43

“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.”

Leviticus 26:43 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 26:43, word by word

But the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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will be abandonedתֵּעָזֵבteazev

leave

To not take something along, or put it in another's care.

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and will enjoyתִרֶץtirets

enjoy

To delight in; pay off a debt.

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its Sabbathsשַׁבְּתֹתֶיshabtote

Sabbath

The seventh day, set apart for YHWH, for rest.

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while it lies desolateהְשַׁמָּheshama

be desolate

To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.

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the payment for their iniquityעֲוֺנָavona

punishment

The punishment that wrong brings on the one who did it.

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they rejectedמָאָסוּmaasu

reject

To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.

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my rulesמִשְׁפָּטַmishpata

rule

Each of the rules the law gives for concrete cases of life.

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and their soulנַפְשָׁnafsha

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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loathedגָּעֲלָהgaala

loathe

To reject something in disgust.

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my statutesחֻקֹּתַchukota

statute

Statute: a fixed rule, laid down to be kept always.

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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.

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