Leviticus 26:38 (YLT)

Passage

and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:36 `And those who are left of you--I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled--flight from a sword--and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing.

Leviticus 26:37 And they have stumbled one on another, as from the face of a sword, and there is none pursuing, and ye have no standing before your enemies,

Leviticus 26:38 and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you.

Leviticus 26:39 `And those who are left of you--they consume away in their iniquity, in the lands of your enemies; and also in the iniquities of their fathers, with them they consume away.

Leviticus 26:40 `And--they have confessed their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also, that they have walked with Me, in opposition,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "perished", "nations", "land", "enemies", "hath", and "consumed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "perished" and "nations", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 37's "And they have stumbled one on another..." into verse 39's "And those who are left of you--they...", so "perished" and "nations" 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 "perished" and "nations" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.