Leviticus 26 · Verse 31

Leviticus 26:31

And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Leviticus 26:31, King James Version

Leviticus 26:31 in other translations

BSBI will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
WEBI will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation. I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.
ASVAnd I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
YLTand I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances;
DARBYAnd I will lay waste your cities and desolate your sanctuaries; and I will not smell your sweet odours.
BBEAnd I will make your towns waste and send destruction on your holy places; I will take no pleasure in the smell of your sweet perfumes;
WebsterAnd I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.

What does Leviticus 26:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. I will make your cities waste--This destruction of its numerous and flourishing cities, which was brought upon Judea through the sins of Israel, took place by the forced removal of the people during, and long after, the captivity. But it is realized to a far greater extent now. bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours--the tabernacle and temple, as is evident from the tenor of the subsequent clause, in which God announces that He will not accept or regard their sacrifices.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 26:14-39

After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two things would bring ruin. 1. A contempt of God's commandments. They that reject the precept, will come at last to renounce the covenant. 2. A contempt of his corrections. If they will not learn obedience…

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Leviticus 26:31 in the original Hebrew

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וְנָתַתִּ֤יve.na.ta.Tiand I will makeH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עָֽרֵיכֶם֙'a.rei.Khemcities yourH5892
חָרְבָּ֔הchar.Baha waste placeH2723
וַהֲשִׁמּוֹתִ֖יva.ha.shi.mo.Tiand I will devastateH8074
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מִקְדְּשֵׁיכֶ֑םmik.de.shei.Khemsanctuaries yourH4720
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
אָרִ֔יחַ'a.Ri.achI will smellH7306
בְּרֵ֖יחַbe.Rei.ach<in> [the] odor ofH7381
נִיחֹֽחֲכֶֽם\׃ni.Cho.cha.Khemsoothing yourH5207

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:31

  • Nehemiah 2:3

    And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

  • Psalms 74:3-8

    Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. …

  • Hebrews 10:26

    For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

  • Genesis 8:21

    And the Lord smelled a sweet savour; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

  • Lamentations 2:7

    The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.

  • 2 Kings 25:4-10

    And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. …

  • Jeremiah 4:7

    The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.

  • Isaiah 1:11-14

    To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.

  • Lamentations 1:10

    The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation.

  • Ezekiel 9:6

    Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

  • Amos 5:21-23

    I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

  • Luke 21:5-6

    And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I will make.
2Ki 25:4-10; 2Ch 36:19; Ne 2:3,17; Isa 1:7; 24:10-12; Jer 4:7; 9:11
La 1:1; 2:7; Eze 6:6; 21:15; Mic 3:12
and bring.
Ps 74:3-8; Jer 22:5; 26:6,9; 52:13; La 1:10; Eze 9:6; 21:7; 24:21
Mt 24:1,2; Lu 21:5,6,24; Ac 6:14
I will not smell. See on
Ge 8:21; Isa 1:11-14; 66:3; Am 5:21-23; Heb 10:26

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:30

    And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

  • Leviticus 26:31

    And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

  • Leviticus 26:32

    And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.

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Leviticus 26:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pondré vuestras ciudades en desierto, y asolaré vuestros santuarios, y no oleré la fragancia de vuestro suave perfume.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je réduirai vos villes en déserts, et je désolerai vos sanctuaires, et je ne flairerai pas l’odeur agréable de vos parfums,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde eure Städte zur Öde machen und eure Heiligtümer verwüsten, und werde euren lieblichen Geruch nicht riechen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
in tantum ut urbes vestras redigam in solitudinem, et deserta faciam sanctuaria vestra, nec recipiam ultra odorem suavissimum.