Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:43
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.
43, 44. These vv. have rather the air of a later insertion.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The land also shall be left of them,…. This seems to refer to a second time, when this should be the case of the land of Judea again, as it was when subdued by the Romans, and the Jews were carried captive from it, and so it was left by them, as it has been ever since:
and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while lieth desolate without them; shall be as in the sabbatical years, uncultivated, neither ploughed nor sown, nor reaped; and thus the land of Canaan, though once so very fruitful, is now desolate and barren, being without its former inhabitants, and so it is like to be until it is restored to them again;
and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; that is, when made sensible of their sins, and particularly of their iniquity of rejecting the Messiah; they will not think it hard that they have been punished in so severe a manner, but own the righteous hand of God in it, and be humble under it; and confessing their sins with true sorrow and repentance for them, looking at him whom they have pierced, and mourn, shall have the free and full remission of their sins applied unto them:
because, even, because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes; despised and abhorred Christ, his doctrines and ordinances, which was the reason of their being carried captive out of their land, when it was forsaken by them, and lay desolate as to this day, especially with respect to any benefit of it enjoyed by them; and which, when they are sensible of, will be a reason of their accepting the punishment of their iniquity so readily, and not murmur at the hand of God upon them, or reflect on his dealings with them, but freely and fully confess their sins, that he may be justified in all that he has done.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
43. The land also shall be left of them. He again refers to the punishment of banishment, which is equivalent to their being disinherited; and at the same time repeats that the worship of God could not be restored in the Holy Land, until it should be purified from their defilements; yet immediately afterwards He moderates this severity, inasmuch as, when He seemed to deal with them most rigorously, He still will not utterly cast them off. The verbs He uses (236) are in the past tense, though they have reference to the future; as much as to say, even then “they shall feel that they are not rejected.” He therefore stretches out His hand to them, as it were, in their miserable estate, to uplift them to confidence, and commands them, although afflicted with the extremity of trouble, nevertheless to put their trust in His Covenant. Herein His marvelous and inestimable goodness is displayed, in still retaining as His own those who are alienated from Him: thus, it is said in Hosea, (Hos 2:23,) “I will say to them that are not my people, Thou art my people.”
When He promises that He will remember His covenant “for their sakes,” He does not mean for their merit, or because they have acquired such a favor for themselves; but for their profit or salvation, in that the recollection of the Covenant shall extend even to them. Their deliverance (from Egypt) is also added in confirmation of the Covenant, as though He had said that He would be the more disposed to forgive them, not only because He always perseveres in His faithfulness to His promises, but because He would maintain His goodness towards them, and carry it on even to the end. Thus we see He refers the cause of His mercy only to Himself.
(236) i. e. , in Lev 26:44, and are so translated in LXX. , V. , Chald., and Syriac, and also by Pagninus. See Poole’s Synopsis, in loco.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(43) The land also shall be left of them.Better, but the land shall be deserted by them. The solemn warning is here reiterated, that before God will remember His covenant with the patriarchs, and also be mindful of the land, the land must be depopulated of its rebellious inhabitants, and enjoy the Sabbaths which have been denied to it. This verse, therefore which is substantially a repetition of Lev. 26:33-34, seems to have been inserted here to deprecate more solemnly the heinousness of their sins.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Reader! do not overlook the original cause of all mercies; namely, the faithfulness of a covenant GOD in CHRIST: not for the value or merit of repentance; not even our misery, or in short anything in ourselves; but all in and through CHRIST in GOD. See Eze 36:32 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 26:43 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.
Ver. 43. They shall accept, ] q.d., I will give them to do what I require of them. See Lev 26:41 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
their soul = they. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
shall enjoy: Lev 26:34, Lev 26:35
and they: Lev 26:41, 1Ki 8:46-48, 2Ch 33:12, Job 5:17, Job 34:31, Job 34:32, Psa 50:15, Psa 119:67, Psa 119:71, Psa 119:75, Isa 26:16, Jer 31:19, Dan 9:7-9, Dan 9:14, Heb 12:5-11
they despised: Lev 26:15, 2Ki 17:7-17, 2Ch 36:14-16
their soul: Lev 26:15, Lev 26:30, Psa 50:17, Amo 5:10, Zec 11:8, Joh 7:7, Joh 15:23, Joh 15:24, Rom 8:7
Reciprocal: Lev 25:4 – General Num 15:31 – despised 2Sa 24:12 – that I may 1Ki 14:15 – this good land 2Ch 36:21 – until the land Jer 18:16 – make Jer 44:2 – a desolation Lam 3:39 – a man Eze 20:13 – and they Eze 36:3 – Because
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The land of Palestine had not been damaged by the heathen, but it had been made to lie uncultivated. That was in order for It to enjoy its sabbaths. (See Lev 26:34-35; Lev 26:43.) The most significant thought is in the words to my people. Even had the land produced anything in the 70-year captivity, the people of Israel could not have used it because they were exiles in a country far away.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
26:43 {u} 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.
(u) While they are captives, and without repentance.