Leviticus 26:41 (LSB)

Passage

I also was walking in hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—or if their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they then make up for their iniquity,

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:39 So those of you who may remain will rot away in their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they will rot away with them.

Leviticus 26:40 ‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also how they walked in hostility against Me—

Leviticus 26:41 I also was walking in hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—or if their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they then make up for their iniquity,

Leviticus 26:42 then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and I will remember also My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham as well, and I will remember the land.

Leviticus 26:43 For the land will be forsaken by them and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making up for their iniquity because they rejected My judgments and their soul loathed My statutes.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "walking", "hostility", "against", "bring", "land", "enemies", "uncircumcised", and "heart". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "walking" and "hostility", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "If they confess their iniquity and the..." into verse 42's "then I will remember My covenant with...", so "walking" and "hostility" 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 "walking" and "hostility" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.