Leviticus 26:44 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Leviticus 26:45 But I will remember toward them the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, that I might be their God: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 26:46 These are the statutes and ordinances and laws which Jehovah made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "land", "enemies", "despise", "abhor", "make", "utterly", "break", and "covenant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "land" and "enemies", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 43's "For the land shall be left by..." into verse 45's "But I will remember toward them the...", so "land" and "enemies" 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 "land" and "enemies" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.