Leviticus 26:39 (WEB)

Passage

Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they shall pine away with them.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:37 They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues. You will have no power to stand before your enemies.

Leviticus 26:38 You will perish among the nations. The land of your enemies will eat you up.

Leviticus 26:39 Those of you who are left will pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers they shall pine away with them.

Leviticus 26:40 “‘If they confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary to me,

Leviticus 26:41 I also walked contrary to them, and brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised heart is humbled, and they then accept the punishment of their iniquity;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iniquities", "left", "pine", "away", "iniquity", "enemies", "lands", and "fathers". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iniquities" and "left", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 38's "You will perish among the nations The..." into verse 40's "If they confess their iniquity and the...", so "iniquities" and "left" 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 "iniquities" and "left" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.