Leviticus 26:33-34

26:33 I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword ¹  after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.

26:34 “‘Then the land will make up for ²  its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and make up its Sabbaths.

Leviticus 26:43

26:43 The land will be abandoned by them ³  in order that it may make up for ⁴  its Sabbaths while it is made desolate ⁵  without them, ⁶  and they will make up for their iniquity because ⁷  they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred ⁸  my statutes.

¹ tn Heb “and I will empty sword” (see HALOT 1228 s.v. ריק 3).

² tn There are two Hebrew roots רָצָה (ratsah), one meaning “to be pleased with; to take pleasure” (HALOT 1280-81 s.v. רצה; cf. “enjoy” in NASB, NIV, NRSV, and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 452), and the other meaning “to restore” (HALOT 1281-82 s.v. II רצה; cf. NAB “retrieve” and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 189).

³ tn Heb “from them.” The preposition “from” refers here to the agent of the action (J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 455).

⁴ tn The jussive form of the verb with the simple vav (ו) here calls for a translation that expresses purpose.

⁵ tn The verb is the Hophal infinitive construct with the third feminine singular suffix (GKC 182 §67.y; cf. v. 34).

⁶ tn Heb “from them.”

⁷ tn Heb “because and in because,” a double expression, which is used only here and in Ezek 13:10 (without the vav) for emphasis (GKC 492 §158.b).

⁸ tn Heb “and their soul has abhorred.”