Bible Commentary

Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. I will remember my covenant, to wit, so as to perform it, and make good all that I have promised in it. For words of knowledge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:42”

And [that] I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 41 . accept of ] acknowledge that the punishment was deserved and has had its remedial effect. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:41”

If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 40 45. Repentance shall bring restoration Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges If they shall confess, Heb. And they shall confess, where our translation … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:40”

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. 39. in the iniquities of their fathers ] in the guilt to which their fathers have contributed. with them ] meaning either, as they … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:39”

And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. Verse 38. The land of your enemies shall eat you up.] Does this refer to the total loss of the ten tribes? These are so completely swallowed up in some enemies‘ land, that nothing concerning their existence or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:38”

And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. They shall fall one upon another, as soldiers use to do when their ranks are broken, and they forced to flee away hastily from their pursuers. When non … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:37”

And upon them that are left [alive] of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 36. the sound of driven leaf … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:36”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:35”

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. 34. Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths ] The verb rh has for its general meaning in al. ‘to accept,’ ‘to be satisfied with,’ … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:34”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 26:33”