Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

Shall enjoy

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Bible References

Shall enjoy

Leviticus 26:34
Then the land will finally be pleased with its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time, the land will rest and take its Sabbaths.

They despised

Leviticus 26:15
and if you refuse my statutes, loathe my ordinances, and fail to carry out all of my commands, thereby breaching my covenant,
2 Kings 17:7
This happened because the Israelis had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt and from the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, because they were fearing other gods,
2 Chronicles 36:14
Meanwhile, all the officials who supervised the priests and the people remained unfaithful, following the detestable example of the surrounding nations. They polluted the LORD's Temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Their soul

Leviticus 26:15
and if you refuse my statutes, loathe my ordinances, and fail to carry out all of my commands, thereby breaching my covenant,
Psalm 50:17
You hate instruction and toss my words behind you.
Amos 5:10
They have hated those who are presenting their cases in court, detesting the one who speaks truthfully.
Zechariah 11:8
In a single month I got rid of three shepherds because I grew tired of them, and they despised me.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its actions are evil.
John 15:23
The person who hates me also hates my Father.
Romans 8:7
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.

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Leviticus 25:4
But the seventh year is to be a Sabbath of rest for the land a Sabbath for the LORD. You are not to plant your field or prune your vineyard.

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