Leviticus 26:37

And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
fall	וְכָשְׁל֧וּ ve.kha.she.Lu	H3782	to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person common plural
one	אִישׁ 'ish-	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
another	בְּאָחִ֛יו be.'a.Chiv	H251	a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relation… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
before	כְּמִפְּנֵי ke.mi.pe.nei-	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
sword	חֶ֖רֶב Che.rev	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular absolute
pursueth	וְרֹדֵ֣ף ve.ro.Def	H7291	to run after (usually with hostile intent · conjunction + verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
stand	תְּקוּמָ֔ה te.ku.Mah	H8617	resistfulness · noun, common feminine singular absolute
before	לִפְנֵ֖י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
enemies	אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם 'O.ye.vei.Khem	H341	hating · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural

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Cross-references

Joshua 7:12-13 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accurs…
Judges 2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into…
Numbers 14:42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Judges 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host f…
1 Samuel 14:15-16 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the ear…
Isaiah 10:4 Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his…
Jeremiah 37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should…

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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 26:34

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, &c.--A long arrear of sabbatic years had accumulated through the avarice and apostasy of the Israelites, who had deprived their land of its appointed season of rest. The number of those sabbatic years seems to have been seventy, as determined by the duration of the captivity. This early prediction is very remarkable, considering that the usual policy of the Assyrian conquerors was to send colonies to cultivate and inhabit their newly acquired provinces.

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 26:34

Then shall the land enjoy her Sabbaths - This Houbigant observes to be a historical truth - "From Saul to the Babylonish captivity are numbered about four hundred and ninety years, during which period there were seventy Sabbaths of years; for 7, multiplied by 70, make 490. Now the Babylonish captivity lasted seventy years, and during that time the land of Israel rested. Therefore the land rested just as many years in the Babylonish captivity, as it should have rested Sabbaths if the Jews had observed the laws relative to the Sabbaths of the land." This is a most remarkable fact, and deserves to be particularly noticed, as a most literal fulfillment of the prophetic declaration in this verse:…

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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…
Backsliders · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Blessing · CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE — CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE
Cowardice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Disobedience To God · 18:19;28:15-68; — 18:19;28:15-68;
Judgments · General references — General references
Punishment Of The Wicked, The · In this life by: Fear — In this life by: Fear
Rebellion Against God · Punishment for — Punishment for
Reward · A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS — A MOTIVE TO FAITHFULNESS
Sabbatic Year · Punishment to follow violation of the ordinances concerning — Punishment to follow violation of the ordinances concerning
War · God uses, as a — God uses, as a

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 26:37

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:14-39

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 26:34

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 26:34

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 26:37

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:14-39

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 26:34

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 26:34

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Leviticus 26:37

John Calvin on Leviticus 26:14–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 26:36-38

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 26:36-39

Rashi on Leviticus 26:37