Leviticus 26:40-44 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 26:40-46

Here the chapter concludes with gracious promises of the return of God's favour to them upon their repentance, that they might not (unless it were their own fault) pine away in their iniquity. Behold, with wonder, the riches of God's mercy to a people that had obstinately stood it out against the judgments of God, and would never think of surrendering till they were reduced to the last extremity. Yet turn to strong-hold, you prisoners of hope, Zech. 9:12. As bad as things are, they may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:40

If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers ,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds,"in the time of their distress;'which might serve to bring their sins to remembrance, and them to a confession of them, not only of their own sins, but of their fathers' also; acknowledging thereby that they had been guilty of sinning against God for a long course of years past; and that God had been long suffering towards them, and bore much with them before he brought his judgments on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:41

And that I also have walked contrary unto them ,.... Showed no regard unto them, as if he took no care of them, or in a providential way concerned himself for them, but let what would befall them; yea, came out in the way of his judgments against them, as if he was an enemy to them; see Gill on Leviticus 26:24 , and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; should acknowledge the hand of God in it, that he himself brought them out of their own country into an enemy's land,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:42

Then i will also remember my covenant with Jacob ,.... Would fulfil and make good all that he had promised in covenant with Jacob, and his posterity: the account begins with him, and rises upwards to Abraham, whereas it usually begins with Abraham, and descends to Jacob; no sufficient reason is given for this alteration, though several are attempted by the Jewish writers F5 Saadiah Gaon apud Aben Ezram in loc. Pesikta & alii. : and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:43

The land also shall be left of them ,.... This seems to refer to a second time, when this should be the case of the land of Judea again, as it was when subdued by the Romans, and the Jews were carried captive from it, and so it was left by them, as it has been ever since: and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while lieth desolate without them ; shall be as in the sabbatical years, uncultivated, neither ploughed nor sown, nor reaped; and thus the land of Canaan, though once so very fruitful, is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:44

And yet for all that ,.... I will have on them, in or through my Word, as the Targum of Jonathan; notwithstanding their many and great sins and transgressions, and the sad and miserable condition they were brought into by them, the Lord would have mercy on them and be gracious to them, through Christ and for his sake, and convert and save them, see Romans 11:26 ; the Jews, as Fagius tells us, wonderfully delight themselves with this passage, and read it with the greatest joy and pleasure,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:44

Neither will I abhor them to destroy them utterly - Though God has literally fulfilled all his threatenings upon this people in dispossessing them of their land, destroying their polity, overturning their city, demolishing their temple, and scattering themselves over the face of the whole earth; yet he has, in his providence, strangely preserved them as a distinct people, and in very considerable numbers also. He still remembers the covenant of their ancestors, and in his providence and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:40

Verse 40 40.If they shall confess their iniquity. Although Moses has been discoursing of very severe and cruel punishments, still he declares that even in the midst of this awful severity God is to be appeased if only the people should repent, notwithstanding that they may have stripped themselves of all hope of pardon by their long-continued sins. For he does not address sinners in general, but those who by their obstinacy and brutal impetuosity have come nearer and nearer to the vengeance of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:43

Verse 43 43.The land also shall be left of them. He again refers to the punishment of banishment, which is equivalent to their being disinherited; and at the same time repeats that the worship of God could not be restored in the Holy Land, until it should be purified from their defilements; yet immediately afterwards He moderates this severity, inasmuch as, when He seemed to deal with them most rigorously, He still will not utterly cast them off. The verbs He uses (236) are in the past tense,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 26:1-46

PART V. CONCLUDING EXHORTATION . 1 . The blessings. which should result from obedience ( Leviticus 26:3-13 ). 2 . The curses which should follow disobedience ( Leviticus 26:14-39 ). 3 . The gracious treatment which would ensue on repentance ( Leviticus 26:40-45 ). Hitherto the Book of Leviticus has consisted of ceremonial and moral injunctions, with two historical passages interposed. In the present chapter it rises in its subject and its diction from legal... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 26:40-46

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 26:44

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:44

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:40

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 26:43

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 26:1-46

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