Leviticus 26:33 (DBY)

Passage

And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be desolation, and your cities waste.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:31 And I will lay waste your cities and desolate your sanctuaries; and I will not smell your sweet odours.

Leviticus 26:32 And I will bring the land into desolation; that your enemies who dwell there in may be astonished at it.

Leviticus 26:33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out the sword after you; and your land shall be desolation, and your cities waste.

Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths all the days of the desolation, when ye are in your enemies' land; then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.

Leviticus 26:35 All the days of the desolation it shall rest, [the days in] which it did not rest on your sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "scatter", "nations", "draw", "sword", "after", "land", "shall", and "desolation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "scatter" and "nations", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "And I will bring the land into..." into verse 34's "Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths...", so "scatter" and "nations" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "scatter" and "nations" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.