Leviticus 26:39 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:37 and they shall stumble one over another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Leviticus 26:38 And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

Leviticus 26:39 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.

Leviticus 26:40 And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, through their unfaithfulness wherein they were unfaithful to me, and also that they have walked contrary unto me,

Leviticus 26:41 so that I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iniquities", "remain", "shall", "waste", "away", "through", "iniquity", and "enemies'". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iniquities" and "remain", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "And ye shall perish among the nations..." into verse 40's "And they shall confess their iniquity and...", so "iniquities" and "remain" 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 "iniquities" and "remain" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.