The Meaning of Leviticus 26:39 Explained

Leviticus 26:39

KJV: 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.

YLT: And those who are left of you -- they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, with them they consume away.

Darby: And they that remain of you shall waste away through their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also through the iniquities of their fathers shall they waste away with them.

ASV: 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.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Leviticus 26:39 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 26:21-46 - Desolation And Captivity For The Stubborn
Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods. Thus, they brought upon themselves the sore judgments threatened against them, consisting of defeat, scarcity, wild beasts, pestilence and famine, the horrors of siege and desolation, followed by dispersion to the four winds of heaven. The book of Judges illustrates the first, and the destruction of Jerusalem, as told by Josephus, the last of these plagues.
Under the curse of this chapter the chosen people are suffering to this very hour. Scattered and peeled, wasted and outcast, they are monuments of God's truthfulness to His word. They teach an impressive lesson which the nations of the world would do well to lay to heart. Note that remarkable expression about accepting their punishment, as the necessary condition of forgiveness and restoration. The same condition always holds.
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Chapter Summary: Leviticus 26

1  Of idolatry
2  Reverence
3  A blessing to those who keep the commandments
14  A curse to those who break them
40  God promises to remember those who repent

What do the individual words in Leviticus 26:39 mean?

And those who are left of you shall waste away in their iniquity in lands your enemies' and also in iniquities their fathers' which are with them they shall waste away
וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים בָּכֶ֗ם יִמַּ֙קּוּ֙ בַּֽעֲוֺנָ֔ם בְּאַרְצֹ֖ת אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם וְאַ֛ף בַּעֲוֺנֹ֥ת אֲבֹתָ֖ם אִתָּ֥ם יִמָּֽקּוּ

וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים  And  those  who  are  left 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שָׁאַר  
Sense: to remain, be left over, be left behind.
בָּכֶ֗ם  of  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
יִמַּ֙קּוּ֙  shall  waste  away 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: מָקַק  
Sense: to decay, pine away, rot, fester.
בַּֽעֲוֺנָ֔ם  in  their  iniquity 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
בְּאַרְצֹ֖ת  in  lands 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם  your  enemies' 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֹיֵב  
Sense: (Qal) enemy.
וְאַ֛ף  and  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: אַף  
Sense: also, yea, though, so much the more adv.
בַּעֲוֺנֹ֥ת  in  iniquities 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural construct
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
אֲבֹתָ֖ם  their  fathers' 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
אִתָּ֥ם  which  are  with  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
יִמָּֽקּוּ  they  shall  waste  away 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: מָקַק  
Sense: to decay, pine away, rot, fester.