Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
scatter	אֱזָרֶ֣ה 'e.za.Reh	H2219	to toss about · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
heathen	בַגּוֹיִ֔ם va.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
out	וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥י va.ha.ri.ko.Ti	H7324	to pour out (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
sword	חָ֑רֶב Cha.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular absolute
after	אַחֲרֵיכֶ֖ם 'a.cha.rei.Khem	H310	properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
land	אַרְצְכֶם֙ 'ar.tze.Khem	H776	the earth (at large · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
desolate	שְׁמָמָ֔ה she.ma.Mah	H8077	devastation · noun, common feminine singular absolute
cities	וְעָרֵיכֶ֖ם ve.'a.rei.Khem	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
waste	חָרְבָּֽה char.Bah	H2723	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 4:27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.
Ezekiel 20:23 I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries…
Zechariah 7:14 But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed th…
Deuteronomy 28:64-66 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods,…
Ezekiel 22:15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Psalms 44:11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Jeremiah 9:16 I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have…
Lamentations 4:15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, Th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:14-39

After God had set the blessing before them (the life and good which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient), he here sets the curse before them, the death and evil which would make them as miserable if they were disobedient. Let them not think themselves so deeply rooted as that God's power could not ruin them, nor so highly favoured as that his justice would not ruin them if they revolted from him and rebelled against him; no You only have I known, therefore I will punish you soonest and sorest. Amo 3:2. Observe, I. How their sin is described, which would bring all this misery upon them. Not sins of ignorance and infirmity; God had provided sacrifices for those. Not the si…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the heathen, &c.--as was done when the elite of the nation were removed into Assyria and placed in various parts of the kingdom.

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 26:29

Ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, etc. - This was literally fulfilled at the siege of Jerusalem. Josephus, Wars of the Jews, book vii., chap. ii., gives us a particular instance in dreadful detail of a woman named Mary, who, in the extremity of the famine during the siege, killed her sucking child, roasted, and had eaten part of it when discovered by the soldiers! See this threatened, Jer 19:9 (note).

John Gill on Leviticus 26:33

And I will scatter you among the Heathen,.... As with a fan, Jeremiah 15:7; so they were at the time of the Assyrian and Babylonish captivities, some were carried to one place, and some to another, some fled to one place, and some to another, and they are at this day scattered among the several nations of the world: and will draw out a sword after you; draw it out of its scabbard, and with it pursue after them, when fleeing or going whither they should not; as the remainder of the Jews in Judea sought to go to Egypt, contrary to the will of God, Jeremiah 42:16; see Leviticus 26:25, and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste; for want of men to till the one, and inhabit the othe…

The Church Fathers

What does it mean that, by threatening God with the penalties due to disobedience, he says, among other things: And the drawn sword will consume you. And then he adds: And your land will be deserted, and your cities will be deserted. Then the earth will feel good on its Saturdays during all the days of its desolation and you will be in the country of your enemies. How will the sword devour them, if they will be in the land of their enemies? Will you devour them perhaps in your own country, because the deeds of death will not happen there? Or it says: It will consume you, meaning: "it will kill you", so that they belong to this ruin those that will fall to the sword, but not all, because shortly after it adds: To those who remain of you, I will instill panic in your heart? (Lv 26,36) Or the expression: It will consume you is a hyperbole, how is it a hyperbole to say that its number will be like the sand of the sea? (Cf Gn 22,17; 32,12) According to this same way of expressing itself, it is also said what comes next: And the noise of a fallen leaf will chase them. This means that their fear will be so great that even the smallest things will infuse it. <div
— Augustine of Hippo, QUESTIONS ON LEVITICUS, Q. 94 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)

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Dictionary and topics

Heathen — (Heb. plural goyum). At first the word goyim denoted generally all the nations of the world (Gen. 18:18; comp. Gal. 3:8). The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Jordan — Heb. Yarden, “the descender;” Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, “the watering-place” the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south down a deep valley in the centre of the country. The name…
Backsliders · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Blessing · CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE — CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE
Captivity · Of the Israelites foretold — Of the Israelites foretold
Disobedience To God · 18:19;28:15-68; — 18:19;28:15-68;
Heathen, The · Employed to chastise the Church — Employed to chastise the Church
Judgments · General references — General references
Punishment Of The Wicked, The · In this life by: War — In this life by: War
Rebellion Against God · Punishment for — Punishment for
Reward · A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS — A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS

Leviticus 26:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:14-39

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 26:33

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 26:29

John Gill on Leviticus 26:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 26:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:14-39

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 26:33

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 26:29

John Gill on Leviticus 26:33

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 26:14–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 26:32-33

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 26:30

Rashi on Leviticus 26:33