Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it. New Living Translation As long as the land lies in ruins, it will enjoy the rest you never allowed it to take every seventh year while you lived in it. English Standard Version As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, the rest that it did not have on your Sabbaths when you were dwelling in it. Berean Standard Bible As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it. Berean Literal Bible All the days of the desolation it shall rest, for it did not rest in your⁺ Sabbaths, when you⁺ dwelt in it. King James Bible As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. New King James Version As long as it lies desolate it shall rest— for the time it did not rest on your sabbaths when you dwelt in it. New American Standard Bible All the days of its desolation it will have the rest which it did not have on your Sabbaths, while you were living on it. NASB 1995 All the days of its desolation it will observe the rest which it did not observe on your sabbaths, while you were living on it. NASB 1977 ‘All the days of its desolation it will observe the rest which it did not observe on your sabbaths, while you were living on it. Legacy Standard Bible All the days of its desolation it will observe the rest which it did not observe on your sabbaths, while you were living on it. Amplified Bible As long as it lies desolate, it will have rest, the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths, while you were living on it. Berean Annotated Bible As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you⁺ lived in it. Christian Standard Bible As long as it lies desolate, it will have the rest it did not have during your Sabbaths when you lived there. Holman Christian Standard Bible As long as it lies desolate, it will have the rest it did not have during your Sabbaths when you lived there.” American Standard Version As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. English Revised Version As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest; even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. GOD'S WORD® Translation All the days it lies deserted, it will celebrate the time [to honor the LORD] it never celebrated while you lived there. International Standard Version As long as it lies desolate, it will have rest that it will not have had during your Sabbaths when you were living in it. NET Bible All the days of the desolation it will have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you lived on it. New Heart English Bible As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it did not have in your sabbaths, when you lived on it. Webster's Bible Translation As long as it lieth desolate, it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleAs long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it. World English Bible As long as it lies desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it didn’t have in your Sabbaths when you lived on it. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionit rests all the days of the desolation [for] that which it has not rested in your Sabbaths, in your dwelling on it. Berean Literal Bible All the days of the desolation it shall rest, for it did not rest in your⁺ Sabbaths, when you⁺ dwelt in it. Young's Literal Translation all the days of the desolation it resteth that which it hath not rested in your sabbaths in your dwelling on it. Smith's Literal Translation All the days of its desolation shall it rest, which it did not rest in your Sabbaths, in your dwelling upon it. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIn the enemy's land, she shall keep a sabbath, and rest in the sabbaths of her desolation, because she did not rest in your sabbaths when you dwelt therein. Catholic Public Domain Version in the land of the enemy, she will worship and rest in the Sabbath of her solitude, because she will not have rested in your Sabbaths, when you lived in her. New American Bible during all the time that it lies desolate, enjoying the rest that you would not let it have on your sabbaths when you lived there. New Revised Standard Version As long as it lies desolate, it shall have the rest it did not have on your sabbaths when you were living on it. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAs long as it lies desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths when you dwelt upon it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated All of the days of its desolation it shall rest because it did not rest on your Sabbaths when you were dwelling in it. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest; even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. Brenton Septuagint Translation And ye shall be in the land of your enemies; then the land shall keep its sabbaths, and the land shall enjoy its sabbaths all the days of its desolation: it shall keep sabbaths which it kept not among your sabbaths, when ye dwelt in it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Punishments for Disobedience…34Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths. 35As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it. 36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.… Cross References As long as it lies desolate, Jeremiah 25:11 And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. Ezekiel 36:34-35 The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through. / Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’ Jeremiah 4:27 For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction. the land will have the rest Leviticus 25:2-5 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath to the LORD. / For six years you may sow your field and prune your vineyard and gather its crops. / But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard. … Exodus 23:10-11 For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce, / but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove. Leviticus 25:20-22 Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’ / But I will send My blessing upon you in the sixth year, so that the land will yield a crop sufficient for three years. / While you are sowing in the eighth year, you will be eating from the previous harvest, until the ninth year’s harvest comes in. it did not receive during the Sabbaths 2 Chronicles 36:21 So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah. Leviticus 25:8-10 And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years—seven times seven years—so that the seven Sabbaths of years amount to forty-nine years. / Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land. / So you are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty in the land for all its inhabitants. It shall be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and to his clan. Nehemiah 10:31 When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt. when you lived in it. Ezekiel 36:17-18 “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. / So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols. Jeremiah 16:18 And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.” Deuteronomy 4:25-27 After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger— / I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed. / Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you. Jeremiah 29:10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. Daniel 9:2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years. Nehemiah 1:8-9 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, / but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’ Isaiah 24:1-6 Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word. … Treasury of Scripture As long as it lies desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when you dwelled on it. Isaiah 24:5,6 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant… Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Jump to Previous Desolate Desolation Dwelling Dwelt Lies Observe Rest Rested Resteth Sabbaths Therein Time WasteJump to Next Desolate Desolation Dwelling Dwelt Lies Observe Rest Rested Resteth Sabbaths Therein Time WasteLeviticus 26 1. Of idolatry2. Reverence 3. A blessing to those who keep the commandments 14. A curse to those who break them 40. God promises to remember those who repent As long as it lies desolate This phrase refers to the period when the land of Israel would be uninhabited due to the exile of its people. The desolation is a direct consequence of Israel's disobedience to God's commandments, particularly the failure to observe the Sabbath years. The land's desolation serves as a physical manifestation of divine judgment, emphasizing the seriousness of covenantal breaches. Historically, this desolation occurred during the Babylonian exile, when the Israelites were removed from their land, allowing it to lie fallow. the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it Persons / Places / Events 1. The IsraelitesThe chosen people of God, who were given the Law through Moses, including the command to observe the Sabbath. 2. The Land of Israel The Promised Land given to the Israelites, which was to observe a Sabbath rest every seventh year. 3. Sabbath Rest A commandment from God for the land to rest every seventh year, symbolizing trust in God's provision. 4. Exile The consequence of Israel's disobedience, leading to the land lying desolate and finally receiving its rest. 5. Moses The prophet and leader through whom God delivered the Law, including the instructions for the Sabbath rest. Teaching Points The Importance of ObedienceGod's commands, including the Sabbath rest, are not arbitrary but are designed for our good and His glory. Disobedience leads to consequences. Trust in God's Provision Observing the Sabbath rest required faith that God would provide. Similarly, we are called to trust God in our lives, even when it seems counterintuitive. The Consequences of Disobedience Ignoring God's commands can lead to spiritual and physical desolation. The exile was a direct result of Israel's failure to obey. Spiritual Rest in Christ The Sabbath rest points to a deeper rest found in Christ. Believers are invited to rest from their works and trust in the finished work of Jesus. Stewardship of Creation The command for the land to rest highlights the importance of caring for God's creation and recognizing our role as stewards. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Leviticus 26:35?2. How does Leviticus 26:35 emphasize the importance of observing God's commandments today? 3. What lessons can we learn from the land's "rest" in Leviticus 26:35? 4. How does Leviticus 26:35 connect to the Sabbath principle in Exodus 20:8-11? 5. In what ways can we ensure our lives honor God's intended "rest"? 6. How can we apply the principle of rest from Leviticus 26:35 in modern life? 7. What does Leviticus 26:35 reveal about God's expectations for Sabbath observance? 8. How does Leviticus 26:35 relate to the concept of divine justice? 9. Why is the land's rest significant in Leviticus 26:35? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 26? 11. (Exodus 35) Why do these Sabbath regulations here seem stricter than in some other parts of the Torah, creating possible inconsistencies in biblical commands? 12. (Exodus 35) Is there any concrete historical or archeological evidence to verify that such a grand construction project occurred in the Sinai wilderness? 13. (Deut 29:22-28) Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that the severe curses and land devastation described actually occurred? 14. Exodus 27:20: Where would the Israelites consistently obtain the 'pure olive oil' needed to keep the lamp burning in an arid wilderness? What Does Leviticus 26:35 Mean As long as it lies desolate• The verse looks ahead to a time when Israel would be uprooted from the land because of persistent disobedience (Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:63–64). • “Lies desolate” pictures fields untended, homes empty, and cities silent—a forced sabbatical for the soil itself. • God’s covenant judgment is never random; it is measured and purposeful. Even in desolation He is actively keeping His word (Jeremiah 25:11; Daniel 9:2). • The exile to Babylon fulfilled this warning exactly, leaving the land vacant long enough to accomplish the divine timetable of rest (2 Chronicles 36:20-21). the land will have the rest • Rest was God’s design from creation (Genesis 2:1-3). What humanity forfeits by rebellion, the Lord still secures for His creation. • Leviticus 25:2-5 had commanded a sabbatical year every seventh year—no planting, no pruning, no reaping for profit. It was a faith-exercise for the people and a restorative pause for the soil (Exodus 23:10-11). • Because Israel ignored this rhythm, God insured His land would finally “have the rest” it was due. His faithfulness extends to the earth itself (Psalm 24:1). it did not receive during the Sabbaths • Each missed sabbatical year was, in God’s ledger, an unpaid debt. Over centuries those skipped rests accumulated (Leviticus 26:34). • The seventy-year length of the Babylonian captivity corresponded to seventy violated sabbatical years (2 Chronicles 36:21). • This clause underscores that God counts time differently from people yet keeps exact accounts (Psalm 90:4). • The lesson: neglected obedience is not forgotten; it is deferred and eventually settled. when you lived in it • The people’s presence was meant to bless the land through obedience; instead, their sin exhausted it. • While they “lived in it” they presumed on God’s patience, plowing year after year without pause. Once removed, the land benefited by their absence—a sobering reversal (Deuteronomy 11:13-17). • The phrase personalizes responsibility: covenant privilege always carries covenant accountability (Amos 3:2). • It also foreshadows future hope; one day the restored people would inhabit the land again, this time mindful of God’s statutes (Ezra 1:1-4; Nehemiah 10:31). summary Leviticus 26:35 states, “All the days that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not have during your Sabbaths when you lived in it.” God literally enforced His sabbath law by sending Israel into exile, allowing the land to enjoy the rest His people had denied it. The verse affirms that God remembers every command, tracks every act of obedience or neglect, and keeps His promises down to the very year. Creation itself testifies to His sovereignty: when His people refuse the rhythms He sets, He will still accomplish them—sometimes through judgment, always for His glory and ultimate restoration. (35) As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest . . . --Better, All the days of its desolation shall it keep that rest which it did not rest, &c, that is, the land during its desolation will not be cultivated but will lie fallow, and thus be enabled to make up by its long rest for the many sabbaths and sabbatical years of which it had been deprived by the lawless Israelites during their sojourn in it. (Comp. Jeremiah 34:17; 2Chronicles 36:21.)Hebrew As long asכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every it lies desolate, הָשַּׁמָּ֖ה (hāš·šam·māh) Verb - Hofal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy [the land] will have the rest תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת (tiš·bōṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion it did not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no receive שָׁבְתָ֛ה (šā·ḇə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion during the Sabbaths בְּשַׁבְּתֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (bə·šab·bə·ṯō·ṯê·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath when you lived בְּשִׁבְתְּכֶ֥ם (bə·šiḇ·tə·ḵem) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in it. עָלֶֽיהָ׃ (‘ā·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Leviticus 26:35 NIVLeviticus 26:35 NLT Leviticus 26:35 ESV Leviticus 26:35 NASB Leviticus 26:35 KJV Leviticus 26:35 BibleApps.com Leviticus 26:35 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 26:35 Chinese Bible Leviticus 26:35 French Bible Leviticus 26:35 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 26:35 As long as it lies desolate it (Le Lv Lev.) |
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