“Your people will sin against you. I know this because every person sins. And you will be angry with your people. You will let their enemies defeat them. Their enemies will make them prisoners and carry them to some faraway land.
Leviticus 26:34 - Easy To Read Version “You will be taken to your enemy’s country. Your country will be empty. So your land will finally get its rest. The land will enjoy its time of rest. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then shall the land [of Israel have the opportunity to] enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land; then shall the land rest, to enjoy and receive payments for its sabbaths [divinely ordained for it]. American Standard Version (1901) Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths. Common English Bible At that time, while it is devastated and you are in enemy territory, the land will enjoy its sabbaths. At that time, the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the land will be pleased by her Sabbaths, throughout all the days of her solitude. So, while you will be Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation. When you shall be |
“Your people will sin against you. I know this because every person sins. And you will be angry with your people. You will let their enemies defeat them. Their enemies will make them prisoners and carry them to some faraway land.
And so the things the Lord told the people of Israel through the prophet Jeremiah really happened. The Lord had said through Jeremiah: “This place will be an empty wasteland for 70 years. {\cf2\super [456]} This will happen to make up for the Sabbath rests {\cf2\super [457]} that the people didn’t do.”
“So this is what the Lord says: ‘You people have not obeyed me. You have not given freedom to your fellow Hebrews. Because you have not kept the agreement, I will give “freedom.”’ This is the message of the Lord. ‘(I will give)\} “freedom” to be killed by swords, by terrible sicknesses, and by hunger! I will make you become something that terrifies all the kingdoms of the earth, when they hear about you.
You will make the 50th year a special year. You will announce freedom for all the people living in your country. This time will be called ‘Jubilee.’ [424] Each of you will go back to his own property. [425] And each of you will go back to his family.
{The law says the land should have a year of rest every seven years.} During the time that the land is empty, it will get the time of rest that you did not give it while you lived there.
“The land will be empty. The land will enjoy its time of rest. Then the survivors [454] will accept the punishment for their sins. They will learn that they were punished because they hated my laws and refused to obey my rules.