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.
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Gill's Exposition
Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths,.... The sabbatical years, or seventh year sabbaths, when, according to the law in the preceding chapter, it was to rest from tillage, Lev 25:2,
as long as it…
As “the book of the covenant” Exo. 20:22–23:33 concludes with promises and warnings Exo 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to…
After God had set the blessing before them (the life and good which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient), he here sets the curse before them, the death and evil which would make…
Cambridge Bible
will draw out the sword For this expression, as implying the hot pursuit of fugitives, see Eze 5:2; Eze 5:12; Eze 12:14.
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