Leviticus 26:32 “And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it wi…”

Leviticus 26:32

And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I will bring the land into desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it will be astonished at it.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I will also bring the land vnto a wildernes, and your enemies, which dwell therein, shalbe astonished thereat.

Darby Translation

And I will bring the land into desolation; that your enemies who dwell there in may be astonished at it.

Young's Literal Translation

and I have made desolate the land, and your enemies, who are dwelling in it, have been astonished at it.

Bible in Basic English

And I will make your land a waste, a wonder to your haters living in it.

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Cross references

“And I”

Jeremiah 9:11 Jeremiah 25:11 Jeremiah 25:18 Isaiah 5:6 Isaiah 5:9 Isaiah 6:11

Jeremiah 9:11 · BSB

“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 25:11 · BSB

And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

Jeremiah 25:18 · BSB

to make them a ruin, an object of horror and contempt and cursing, as they are to this day—Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials;

Isaiah 5:6 · BSB

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

Isaiah 5:9 · BSB

I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.

Isaiah 6:11 · BSB

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

“and your”

Jeremiah 18:16 Jeremiah 19:8 Deuteronomy 28:37 1 Kings 9:8 Ezekiel 5:15 Lamentations 4:12

Jeremiah 18:16 · BSB

They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads.

Jeremiah 19:8 · BSB

I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

Deuteronomy 28:37 · BSB

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

1 Kings 9:8 · BSB

And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’

Ezekiel 5:15 · BSB

So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Lamentations 4:12 · BSB

The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

33But 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.

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