Leviticus 26:30 (DRB)

Passage

I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:28 I will also go against you with opposite fury: and I will chastise you with seven plagues for your sins,

Leviticus 26:29 So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters.

Leviticus 26:30 I will destroy your high places, and break your idols. You shall fall among the ruins of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

Leviticus 26:31 Insomuch that I will bring your cities to be a wilderness: and I will make your sanctuaries desolate: and will receive no more your sweet odours.

Leviticus 26:32 And I will destroy your land: and your enemies shall be astonished at it, when they shall be the inhabitants thereof.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "destroy", "high", "places", "break", "idols", "shall", "fall", and "ruins". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "destroy" and "high", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "So that you shall eat the flesh..." into verse 31's "Insomuch that I will bring your cities...", so "destroy" and "high" 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 "destroy" and "high" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.