When he was in distress, he sought the favour of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
Leviticus 26:43 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For the land abandoned by them will make up for its Sabbaths by lying desolate without the people, while they make amends for their iniquity, because they rejected my ordinances and abhorred my statutes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the land shall be left behind them and shall enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they shall accept the punishment for their sins and make amends because they despised and rejected My ordinances and their soul scorned and rejected My statutes. American Standard Version (1901) The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes. Common English Bible The land will be absent of them and will be enjoying its sabbaths while it lies devastated, free of them. They will be making up for their guilty deeds for no other reason than the fact that they rejected my regulations and despised my rules. Catholic Public Domain Version which, when she will be left behind by them, shall be pleased by her Sabbaths, enduring solitude because of them. Yet truly, they shall pray for their sins, because they cast aside my judgments, and they despised my laws. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Which when she shall be left by them shall enjoy her sabbaths, being desolate for them. But they shall pray for their sins, because they rejected my judgments, and despised my laws. |
When he was in distress, he sought the favour of the Lord his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
This fulfilled the word of the Lord through Jeremiah, and the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation until seventy years were fulfilled.
See how happy is the person whom God corrects; so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
Lord, they went to you in their distress; they poured out whispered prayers because your discipline fell on them.
After my return, I felt regret; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
So the Lord kept the disaster in mind and brought it on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in all he has done. But we have not obeyed him.
if you reject my statutes and despise my ordinances, and do not observe all my commands #– #and break my covenant,
I will destroy your high places, cut down your shrines, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless bodies of your idols; I will reject you.
and I acted with hostility towards them and brought them into the land of their enemies #– #and when their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they make amends for their iniquity,
They hate the one who convicts the guilty at the city gate, and they despise the one who speaks with integrity.
In one month I got rid of three shepherds. I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify about it #– #that its works are evil.
The mindset of the flesh is hostile to God because it does not submit to God’s law. Indeed, it is unable to do so.
The Lord will indeed vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees that their strength is gone and no one is left #– #slave or free.