Leviticus 26:35

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

As long as it lies desolate, it shall have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you were living on it.

Cross References

Romans 8:22

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together as it suffers together the pains of labor,

Leviticus 26:34

“Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbath years as long as it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land shall rest and enjoy its Sabbath years.

Leviticus 26:36

And as for those of you who survive, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall though no one pursues.

Jeremiah 34:17

Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me by granting a release to your neighbors and friends; I am going to grant a release to you, says the Lord—a release to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Leviticus 25:2

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land shall observe a Sabbath for the Lord.