Leviticus 26:33 (GNV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land inioy her Sabbaths, as long as it lieth voide, and yee shalbe in your enemies land: then shall the land rest, and enioy her Sabbaths.

Leviticus 26:35 All the dayes that it lieth voide, it shall rest, because it did not rest in your Sabbaths, when ye dwelt vpon it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "scatter", "heathen", "drawe", "sworde", "after", "land", "shalbe", and "waste". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "scatter" and "heathen", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "I will also bring the land vnto..." into verse 34's "Then shall the land inioy her Sabbaths...", so "scatter" and "heathen" 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 "heathen" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.