The Meaning of Leviticus 26:43 Explained

Leviticus 26:43

KJV: 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.

YLT: And -- the land is left of them, and doth enjoy its sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, against My judgments they have kicked, and My statutes hath their soul loathed,

Darby: For the land shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, when it is in desolation without them; and they shall accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they despised my judgments, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

ASV: The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Leviticus 26:43 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 26:43 mean?

And the land shall be left empty by them and will enjoy - its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them And they will accept their guilt because and because My judgments they despised and My statutes abhorred their soul
וְהָאָרֶץ֩ תֵּעָזֵ֨ב מֵהֶ֜ם וְתִ֣רֶץ אֶת־ שַׁבְּתֹתֶ֗יהָ בָּהְשַׁמָּה֙ מֵהֶ֔ם וְהֵ֖ם יִרְצ֣וּ עֲוֺנָ֑ם יַ֣עַן וּבְיַ֔עַן בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י מָאָ֔סוּ וְאֶת־ חֻקֹּתַ֖י גָּעֲלָ֥ה נַפְשָֽׁם

וְהָאָרֶץ֩  And  the  land 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
תֵּעָזֵ֨ב  shall  be  left  empty 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: עָזַב 
Sense: to leave, loose, forsake.
מֵהֶ֜ם  by  them 
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
וְתִ֣רֶץ  and  will  enjoy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person feminine singular
Root: רָצָא 
Sense: to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שַׁבְּתֹתֶ֗יהָ  its  sabbaths 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שַׁבָּת  
Sense: Sabbath.
בָּהְשַׁמָּה֙  while  it  lies  desolate 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Hofal, Infinitive construct, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁמֵם  
Sense: to be desolate, be appalled, stun, stupefy.
מֵהֶ֔ם  without  them 
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
וְהֵ֖ם  And  they 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, third person masculine plural
Root: הֵם 
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
יִרְצ֣וּ  will  accept 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: רָצָא 
Sense: to be pleased with, be favourable to, accept favourably.
עֲוֺנָ֑ם  their  guilt 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
יַ֣עַן  because 
Parse: Adverb
Root: יַעַן  
Sense: because, therefore, because that, on account of prep.
וּבְיַ֔עַן  and  because 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Adverb
Root: יַעַן  
Sense: because, therefore, because that, on account of prep.
בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י  My  judgments 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.
מָאָ֔סוּ  they  despised 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: מָאַס 
Sense: to reject, despise, refuse.
חֻקֹּתַ֖י  My  statutes 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
גָּעֲלָ֥ה  abhorred 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: גָּעַל  
Sense: to abhor, loathe, be vilely cast away, fall.
נַפְשָֽׁם  their  soul 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.