The Meaning of Leviticus 26:35 Explained

Leviticus 26:35

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

YLT: all the days of the desolation it resteth that which it hath not rested in your sabbaths in your dwelling on it.

Darby: All the days of the desolation it shall rest, the days in which it did not rest on your sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein.

ASV: As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Leviticus 26:35 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 26:21-46 - Desolation And Captivity For The Stubborn
Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods. Thus, they brought upon themselves the sore judgments threatened against them, consisting of defeat, scarcity, wild beasts, pestilence and famine, the horrors of siege and desolation, followed by dispersion to the four winds of heaven. The book of Judges illustrates the first, and the destruction of Jerusalem, as told by Josephus, the last of these plagues.
Under the curse of this chapter the chosen people are suffering to this very hour. Scattered and peeled, wasted and outcast, they are monuments of God's truthfulness to His word. They teach an impressive lesson which the nations of the world would do well to lay to heart. Note that remarkable expression about accepting their punishment, as the necessary condition of forgiveness and restoration. The same condition always holds.
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Chapter Summary: Leviticus 26

1  Of idolatry
2  Reverence
3  A blessing to those who keep the commandments
14  A curse to those who break them
40  God promises to remember those who repent

What do the individual words in Leviticus 26:35 mean?

All as long as [it] lies desolate it shall rest - for not the time it did rest on your sabbaths when you dwelt in it
כָּל־ יְמֵ֥י הָשַּׁמָּ֖ה תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹֽא־ שָׁבְתָ֛ה בְּשַׁבְּתֹתֵיכֶ֖ם בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶ֥ם עָלֶֽיהָ

יְמֵ֥י  as  long  as 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הָשַּׁמָּ֖ה  [it]  lies  desolate 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁמֵם  
Sense: to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy.
תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת  it  shall  rest 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁבַת 
Sense: to cease, desist, rest.
אֵ֣ת    - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שָׁבְתָ֛ה  the  time  it  did  rest 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁבַת 
Sense: to cease, desist, rest.
בְּשַׁבְּתֹתֵיכֶ֖ם  on  your  sabbaths 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶ֥ם  when  you  dwelt 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine plural
Root: יָשַׁב 
Sense: to dwell, remain, sit, abide.
עָלֶֽיהָ  in  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.

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