Leviticus 26 · Verse 34

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.
Leviticus 26:34, King James Version

Leviticus 26:34 in other translations

BSBThen the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
WEBThen the land will enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies’ land. Even then the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
ASVThen shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.
YLT‘Then doth the land enjoy its sabbaths--all the days of the desolation, and ye in the land of your enemies--then doth the land rest, and hath enjoyed its sabbaths;
DARBYThen shall the land enjoy its sabbaths all the days of the desolation, when ye are in your enemies' land; then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.
BBEThen will the land take pleasure in its Sabbaths while it is waste and you are living in the land of your haters; then will the land have rest.
WebsterThen shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.

What does Leviticus 26:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
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.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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: Then shall the land enjoy her Sabbaths as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land. May it not be argued from this that the law concerning the Sabbatical year was observed till Saul's time, as it is only after this period the land enjoyed its rest in the seventy years' captivity? And if that breach of the law was thus punished, may it not be presumed it had been fulfilled till then, or else the captivity would have lasted longer, i. e., till the land had enjoyed all its rests, of which it had ever been thus deprived?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · 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 26:34 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.

אָז֩'azthenH227
תִּרְצֶ֨הtir.Tzehit will acceptH7521
הָאָ֜רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שַׁבְּתֹתֶ֗יהָsha.be.to.Tei.hasabbaths itsH7676
כֹּ֚לkolallH3605
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
הֳשַׁמָּ֔הho.sha.Mahbeing made desolate itH8074
וְאַתֶּ֖םve.'a.Temand youH859
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retz[will be] in [the] land ofH776
אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם'o.ye.vei.Khemenemies yourH341
אָ֚ז'azthenH227
תִּשְׁבַּ֣תtish.Batit will ceaseH7673
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
וְהִרְצָ֖תve.hir.Tzatand it will acceptH7521
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שַׁבְּתֹתֶֽיהָ\׃sha.be.to.Tei.hasabbaths itsH7676

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:34

  • 2 Chronicles 36:21

    To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

  • Leviticus 25:2-4

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the Lord: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

  • Leviticus 26:43

    The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

  • Leviticus 25:10

    And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
This was fulfilled during the Babylonish captivity: for, from Saul to the captivity are about 490 years, during which period there were 70 sabbaths of years neglected by the Hebrews. Now the Babylonish captivity lasted 70 years, and during that time the land of Israel rested.
25:2-4,10; 2Ch 36:21

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Context

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 26:35

    As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

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Leviticus 26:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces la tierra holgará sus sábados todos los días que estuviere asolada, y vosotros en la tierra de vuestros enemigos: la tierra descansará entonces y gozará sus sábados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Alors le pays jouira de ses sabbats tous les jours de sa désolation: quand vous, vous serez dans le pays de vos ennemis, alors le pays se reposera, et jouira de ses sabbats.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dann wird das Land seine Sabbathe genießen alle die Tage seiner Verwüstung, während ihr im Lande eurer Feinde seid; dann wird das Land ruhen und seine Sabbathe genießen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tunc placebunt terræ sabbata sua cunctis diebus solitudinis suæ: quando fueritis