Leviticus 26:38

38 They will be destroyed among the nations. The land of their enemies will devour them.

Leviticus 26:38 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:38

And ye shall perish among the Heathen
Not utterly, but great numbers of them, through change of air, and different diet, as Aben Ezra, and through the cruel usage of their enemies; for there is a body of them which continues unto this day; unless this is to be understood of the ten tribes, as R. Akiba F2 interprets it, who are supposed to be entirely lost and swallowed up among the nations where they were carried captive:

and the land of your enemies shall eat you up;
they should die in it through one disease or another; by the pestilence, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so be buried in it; in which sense it may be said to eat them up, or consume them, for the grave swallows up and consumes all that are put into it; Jarchi says, this is to be understood of those that die in captivity.


FOOTNOTES:

F2 In Torat Cohanim, ut supra. (par. 1. fol. 197. 2.)

Leviticus 26:38 In-Context

36 I will fill with despair those who are left in the land of their enemies. The sound of a windblown leaf will make them run. They will run away and fall, but no one will be chasing them.
37 They will stumble over each other, but no one will be after them. They will not be able to stand up to their enemies.
38 They will be destroyed among the nations. The land of their enemies will devour them.
39 Those who are left will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
40 "But if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors--the treacherous things they did to oppose me--
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