Bible Strands
Leviticus 26:35
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 Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Israel through Moses within the Sinai covenant, delivering a warning after detailing the blessings of obedience.
The words — תִּשְׁבֹּת (tishbot) translates "it will cease/rest," paired with שָׁבַת (shavat), "it ceased," to denote the land's enforced Sabbath pause during its desolation.
The thread — Covenant violation defiling the earth is recorded in Isaiah 24:5, and the resulting cosmic groaning under broken order is cited in Romans 8:22.
Why it lands — It requires readers to accept that ignoring commanded rest triggers a forced, punitive rest upon the land, making long-term obedience a practical necessity rather than optional piety.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 24:5 The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
- Romans 8:22 We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.