Leviticus 26:34 (DRB)

Passage

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation. When you shall be

Nearby Context

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.

Leviticus 26:36 And as to them that shall remain of you I will send fear in their hearts in the countries of their enemies. The sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them: and they shall flee as it were from the sword. They shall fall, when no man pursueth them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "land", "enjoy", "sabbaths", "days", and "desolation". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "land", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 33's "And I will scatter you among the..." into verse 35's "In the enemy's land she shall keep...", so "shall" and "land" 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 "shall" and "land" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.