Leviticus 26:31 (GNV)

Passage

And I will make your cities desolate, and bring your Sanctuarie vnto nought, and will not smelll the sauour of your sweete odours.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:29 And ye shall eate ye flesh of your sonnes, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye deuoure.

Leviticus 26:30 I will also destroy your hye places, and cut away your images, and cast your carkeises vpon the bodies of your idoles, and my soule shall abhorre you.

Leviticus 26:31 And I will make your cities desolate, and bring your Sanctuarie vnto nought, and will not smelll the sauour of your sweete odours.

Leviticus 26:32 I will also bring the land vnto a wildernes, and your enemies, which dwell therein, shalbe astonished thereat.

Leviticus 26:33 Also I wil scatter you among the heathen, and will drawe out a sworde after you, and your land shalbe waste, and your cities shalbe desolate.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "make", "cities", "desolate", "bring", "sanctuarie", "vnto", "nought", and "smelll". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "make" and "cities", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "I will also destroy your hye places..." into verse 32's "I will also bring the land vnto...", so "make" and "cities" 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 "make" and "cities" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.