Leviticus 26:35

The whole time it's abandoned the land will observe the Sabbaths of rest that it wasn't able to do while you were living there.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

34At least then the land will be able to enjoy its Sabbaths all the time it's abandoned while you are in exile in the land of your enemies. The land will finally be able to rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.

36I will make those of you who survive so discouraged that as you live in the lands of your enemies even the sound of a leaf blowing in the wind will scare you into running away! You'll run away like you're being chased by someone with a sword, and fall down even though no one is after you.

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Cross References

Leviticus 25:2“Tell the Israelites: When you enter the land that I'm giving you, the land itself must also observe a Sabbath rest in honor of the Lord.

Romans 8:22We know that all creation groans with longing, suffering birth-pains even up till now.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 26:15-40

Threatenings. ( b. c. 1490.) 14 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will set my face… Read the whole commentary →

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