Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:35
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest,…. From tillage, neither man nor beast working upon it; for which reason such a space of time was called a sabbath:
because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when you dwelt upon it; they manured and tilled it on the seventh years, as on others, neglecting the command which God had given them; and this they did not once or twice, but many times, while they were dwellers in the land; which seems to confirm pretty much the notion of their having omitted so many years, though that cannot be affirmed with certainty; see Jarchi on the place.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(35) As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest . . . Better, All the days of its desolation shall it keep that rest which it did not rest, &c, that is, the land during its desolation will not be cultivated but will lie fallow, and thus be enabled to make up by its long rest for the many sabbaths and sabbatical years of which it had been deprived by the lawless Israelites during their sojourn in it. (Comp. Jer. 34:17; 2Ch. 36:21.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
35. Because it did not rest The divine government has its compensations. What it does not receive as a willing offering it extorts in the form of penalty. The riches gained by unlawfully tilling the soil during these sabbatic years were wasted in the captivity, and the despised law received its due in one payment.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 26:35. As long as it lieth desolate, it shall rest “This,” says Houbigant, “is literally and historically true. From Saul to the Babylonish captivity, 490 years are commonly numbered; in which period of time were 70 sabbaths of years; for 7 multiplied by 70 makes 490: but the Babylonish captivity continued 70 years, during which the land of Israel rested: therefore the land rested in that captivity so many years as it ought to have rested sabbaths, if the Jews had observed the law respecting the rest of the land.”
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Lev 26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
Ver. 35. See Trapp on “ Lev 26:34 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
rest. Figure of speech Prosopopatheia. App-6. Compare Jer 34:17. 2Ch 36:21.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Isa 24:5, Isa 24:6, Rom 8:22
Reciprocal: Exo 23:11 – the seventh Lev 25:2 – a sabbath Lev 25:4 – General Lev 26:43 – shall enjoy 2Ch 36:21 – until the land Jer 34:17 – behold
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your {r} sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
(r) Which I commanded you to keep.