Leviticus 26:45 (GNV)

Passage

But I will remember for them the couenant of olde when I brought them out of ye land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen that I might be their God: I am the Lord.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:43 The land also in the meane season shalbe left of them, and shall enioye her Sabbaths while she lieth waste without them, but they shall willingly suffer the punishment of their iniquitie, because they despised my lawes, and because their soule abhorred mine ordinances.

Leviticus 26:44 Yet notwithstanding this, when they shalbe in the lande of their enemies, I wil not cast them away, neither will I abhorre them, to destroy them vtterly, nor to breake my couenant with them: for I am the Lord their God:

Leviticus 26:45 But I will remember for them the couenant of olde when I brought them out of ye land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen that I might be their God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 26:46 These are the ordinances, and the iudgements, and the lawes, which the Lord made betweene him, and the children of Israel in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remember", "couenant", "olde", "brought", "land", "egypt", "sight", and "heathen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remember" and "couenant", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 44's "Yet notwithstanding this when they shalbe in..." into verse 46's "These are the ordinances and the iudgements...", so "remember" and "couenant" 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 "couenant" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.