Leviticus 26:42 (DBY)

Passage

I will 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.

Nearby Context

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,

Leviticus 26:42 I will 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.

Leviticus 26:43 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.

Leviticus 26:44 And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not despise them, and will not abhor them, to make an end of them utterly, to break my covenant with them, for I am Jehovah their God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remember", "covenant", "jacob", "isaac", and "abraham". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remember" and "covenant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 41's "so that I also walked contrary unto..." into verse 43's "For the land shall be left by...", so "remember" and "covenant" 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 "remember" and "covenant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.