Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:33
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
33. will draw out the sword ] For this expression, as implying the hot pursuit of fugitives, see Eze 5:2; Eze 5:12; Eze 12:14.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The sword shall follow you into strange lands, and you shall have no rest there.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
33. I will scatter you among theheathen, &c.as was done when the elite of the nation wereremoved into Assyria and placed in various parts of the kingdom.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And I will scatter you among the Heathen,…. As with a fan,
Jer 15:7; so they were at the time of the Assyrian and Babylonish captivities, some were carried to one place, and some to another, some fled to one place, and some to another, and they are at this day scattered among the several nations of the world;
and will draw out a sword after you; draw it out of its scabbard, and with it pursue after them, when fleeing or going whither they should not; as the remainder of the Jews in Judea sought to go to Egypt, contrary to the will of God, Jer 42:16; see Le 26:25;
and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste; for want of men to till the one, and inhabit the other.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(33) And I will scatter you among the heathen.They will not even be permitted to tarry among the ruins of their favoured places, but God Himself, who brings about the desolation, will disperse the surviving inhabitants far and wide.
And will draw out a sword after you.To show how complete this dispersion is to be, God is represented with a drawn sword in His hand pursuing them and scattering them, so that both their land and every city in it should be denuded of them, and that there should be no possibility of any of them turning back. Thus the sword which God promised should not go through their land (see Lev. 26:6) if they walk according to the Divine commandments, will now be wielded by Himself to bring about their utter dispersion from the land. A similar appalling scene is described by Jeremiah: I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers hare known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them (Jer. 9:16, with Jer. 42:16-18; Eze. 12:14).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
33. I will scatter you This admonitory prophecy looks beyond the captivity of Israel in Babylon, its first fulfilment, to that world-wide dispersion which began at the destruction of Jerusalem and continues to this day, a miracle of national life perpetuated in spite of all opposing forces and destructive agencies, a people “scattered and peeled,” dwelling in every nation, yet resisting absorption and assimilation. “THE DISPERSION” was the general title applied to those Jews who remained in foreign countries after the return from Babylon, during the period of the second temple. Most of them were in bondage, and shut out from the full privileges of the chosen race. Joh 7:35; Jas 1:1, notes. There are legends pointing to settlements of Jews in Arabia, Ethiopia and Abyssinia. At the beginning of the Christian era the “dispersion” was divided into three great sections the Babylonian, the Syrian, and the Egyptian. For the breadth of the dispersion, see Act 2:9-11, note. Its influence on the rapid promulgation of Christianity can scarcely be overrated. The course of apostolic preaching follows, in a regular progress, the line of Jewish settlements. Thus the wickedness of Israel was overruled for the furtherance of the Gospel.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 26:33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
Ver. 33. And I will scatter you. ] As chaff. Compare Psa 44:11 Zec 7:14 . Therefore “fan you, fan you, O nation, not to be desired before the day pass as the chaff,” &c. Zep 2:1-2 See Trapp on “ Zep 2:1 “ See Trapp on “ Zep 2:2 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
heathen = nations.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Deu 4:27, Deu 28:64-66, Psa 44:11, Jer 9:16, Lam 1:3, Lam 4:15, Eze 12:14-16, Eze 20:23, Eze 22:15, Zec 7:14, Luk 21:24, Jam 1:1
Reciprocal: Lev 20:22 – spue you Deu 32:26 – General 2Ki 17:6 – carried 2Ki 24:3 – remove them 2Ki 25:21 – So Judah 2Ch 7:19 – if ye turn away Neh 1:8 – If ye transgress Est 3:8 – scattered abroad Psa 59:11 – scatter Psa 92:9 – scattered Psa 106:27 – to scatter Isa 1:20 – for the mouth Isa 5:6 – I will lay Jer 7:34 – for Jer 12:12 – the sword Jer 13:24 – will Jer 15:4 – cause them to be removed Jer 18:16 – make Jer 29:18 – will deliver Jer 39:9 – carried Jer 44:2 – a desolation Jer 49:37 – I will send the sword Jer 52:27 – Thus Lam 4:16 – hath Eze 5:2 – I will draw Eze 5:10 – the whole Eze 5:12 – and I will draw Eze 21:3 – will draw Dan 9:7 – whither Hos 4:16 – as a lamb Hos 8:8 – among Hos 11:6 – the sword Amo 7:17 – and Israel Amo 9:4 – go Amo 9:9 – and I Mic 7:13 – General Zep 1:18 – but 1Pe 1:1 – scattered