Leviticus 26:33 (DRB)

Passage

And I will scatter you among the Gentiles: and I will draw out the sword after you. And your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed.

Nearby Context

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.

Leviticus 26:33 And I will scatter you among the Gentiles: and I will draw out the sword after you. And your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed.

Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation. When you shall be

Leviticus 26:35 In the enemy's land, she shall keep a sabbath, and rest in the sabbaths of her desolation: because she did not rest in your sabbaths, when you dwelt therein.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "And I will destroy your land and..." into verse 34's "Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths...", so "scatter" and "gentiles" 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 "gentiles" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.