Leviticus 26 · Verse 33

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.
Leviticus 26:33, King James Version

Leviticus 26:33 in other translations

BSBBut I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
WEBI will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you. Your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
ASVAnd you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
YLTAnd you I scatter among nations, and have drawn out after you a sword, and your land hath been a desolation, and your cities are a waste.
DARBYAnd I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be desolation, and your cities waste.
BBEAnd I will send you out in all directions among the nations, and my sword will be uncovered against you, and your land will be without any living thing, and your towns will be made waste.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Leviticus 26:33 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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.

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 26:33 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶתְכֶם֙ve.'et.Khemand <obj.> youH853
אֱזָרֶ֣ה'e.za.RehI will scatterH2219
בַגּוֹיִ֔םva.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471
וַהֲרִיקֹתִ֥יva.ha.ri.ko.Tiand I will drawH7324
אַחֲרֵיכֶ֖ם'a.cha.rei.Khemafter youH310
חָ֑רֶבCha.reva swordH2719
וְהָיְתָ֤הve.hay.Tahand it will beH1961
אַרְצְכֶם֙'ar.tze.Khemland yourH776
שְׁמָמָ֔הshe.ma.Maha desolationH8077
וְעָרֵיכֶ֖םve.'a.rei.Khemand cities yourH5892
יִהְי֥וּyih.Yuthey will beH1961
חָרְבָּֽה\׃char.Baha waste placeH2723

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:33

  • 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.

  • 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 through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

  • 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;

  • 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.

  • 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, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

  • Psalms 44:11

    Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

  • Ezekiel 12:14-16

    And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. And they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

  • 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 consumed them.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

  • 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, They shall no more sojourn there.

  • Lamentations 1:3

    Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

  • James 1:1

    James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
De 4:27; 28:64-66; Ps 44:11; Jer 9:16; La 1:3; 4:15; Eze 12:14-16
Eze 20:23; 22:15; Zec 7:14; Lu 21:24; Jas 1:1

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:32

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

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 26:34

    Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

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Leviticus 26:33 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á vosotros os esparciré por las gentes, y desenvainaré espada en pos de vosotros: y vuestra tierra estará asolada, y yermas vuestras ciudades.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et vous, je vous disperserai parmi les nations, et je tirerai l’épée après vous, et votre pays sera mis en désolation, et vos villes seront un désert.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Euch aber werde ich unter die Nationen zerstreuen, und ich werde das Schwert ziehen hinter euch her; und euer Land wird eine Wüste sein und eure Städte eine Öde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vos autem dispergam in gentes, et evaginabo post vos gladium, eritque terra vestra deserta, et civitates vestræ dirutæ.