Leviticus 26:40-45

Punishment for Disobedience

40 "But if c they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they d committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me, 41 so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies - if then their e uncircumcised heart is f humbled and they make amends for their iniquity, 42 then I will g remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will h remember the land. 43 But w the land shall be abandoned by them and enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them, and they shall make amends for their iniquity, because they spurned my rules and their soul abhorred my statutes. 44 Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, i I will not spurn them, neither will I abhor them so as to destroy them utterly and j break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their sake remember the covenant with their forefathers, k whom I brought out of the land of Egypt l in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am the Lord."

  1. Cross References
    Nehemiah 9:2
    And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
    Proverbs 28:13
    Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
    1 John 1:9
    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
    1 Kings 8:33 - 36
    When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and if they turn again to you and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house.
    Daniel 9:4 - 19
    I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession, saying, "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 6:2
    If anyone sins and commits a breach of faith against the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor
    Numbers 5:6
    Speak to the people of Israel, When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person realizes his guilt.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 6:12
    But Moses said to the Lord, "Behold, the people of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh listen to me, for I am of uncircumcised lips?
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 21:29
    "Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before me? Because he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the disaster in his days; but in his son's days I will bring the disaster upon his house."
    2 Chronicles 12:6 - 7
    Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is righteous.
    2 Chronicles 32:26
    But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
    2 Chronicles 33:12 - 13
    And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 2:24
    And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
    Exodus 6:5
    Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel whom the Egyptians hold as slaves, and I have remembered my covenant.
    Psalms 106:45
    For their sake he remembered his covenant, and relented according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
    Ezekiel 16:60
    Yet I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish for you an everlasting covenant.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 85:1
    Lord, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:34
    Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths as long as it lies desolate, while you are in your enemies' land; then the land shall rest, and enjoy its Sabbaths.
  8. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 4:31
    For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.
    2 Kings 13:23
    But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them, and he turned toward them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, nor has he cast them from his presence until now.
    Nehemiah 9:31
    Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.
    Romans 11:2
    God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel?
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:15
    If you spurn my statutes, and if your soul abhors my rules, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:33
    Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 98:2
    The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
    Ezekiel 20:9
    But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
    Ezekiel 20:22
    But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
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