Leviticus 26:35

New Century Version

During the time the land is empty, it will have the rest you should have given it while you lived in it.

Cross References

Jeremiah 34:17

“So this is what the Lord says: You have not obeyed me. You have not given freedom to your fellow Hebrews, neither relatives nor friends. But now I will give freedom, says the Lord, to war, to terrible diseases, and to hunger. I will make you hated by all the kingdoms of the earth.

Leviticus 25:2

“Tell the people of Israel this: ‘When you enter the land I will give you, let it have a special time of rest, to honor the Lord.

Leviticus 26:34

When you are taken to your enemy’s country, your land will finally get its rest. It will enjoy its time of rest all the time it lies empty.

Leviticus 26:36

“ ‘Those of you who are left alive will lose their courage in the land of their enemies. They will be frightened by the sound of a leaf being blown by the wind. They will run as if someone were chasing them with a sword, and they will fall even when no one is chasing them.

Romans 8:22

We know that everything God made has been waiting until now in pain, like a woman ready to give birth.