Leviticus 26:42 (DRB)

Passage

And I will remember my covenant, that I made with Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham. I will remember also the land:

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:40 Until they confess their iniquities, and the iniquities of their ancestors, whereby they have transgressed against me, and walked contrary unto me.

Leviticus 26:41 Therefore I also will walk against them, and bring them into their enemies' land until their uncircumcised mind be ashamed. Then shall they pray for their sins.

Leviticus 26:42 And I will remember my covenant, that I made with Jacob, and Isaac, and Abraham. I will remember also the land:

Leviticus 26:43 Which when she shall be left by them, shall enjoy her sabbaths, being desolate for them. But they shall pray for their sins, because they rejected my judgments, and despised my laws.

Leviticus 26:44 And yet for all that when they were in the land of their enemies, I did not cast them off altogether. Neither did I so despise them that they should be quite consumed: and I should make void my covenant with them. For I am the Lord their God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remember", "covenant", "jacob", "isaac", "abraham", and "land". 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 "Therefore I also will walk against them..." into verse 43's "Which when she 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.