Levítico 26:31

31 convertiré en ruinas sus ciudades, y asolaré sus santuarios. No me complaceré más en el aroma de sus ofrendas, que me era grato.

Levítico 26:31 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:31

I will make your cities waste
By suffering the enemy to besiege them, enter into them, and plunder them, and destroy the houses in them, and reduce them to the most desolate condition, as Jerusalem, their metropolis, was more than once: and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation;
the temple, so called from the several apartments in it, the court, the holy place, and the most holy; or rather both sanctuaries or temples are intended, the first built by Solomon, and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar; the second rebuilt by Zerubbabel, and adorned by Herod, and reduced to ashes by Titus Vespasian: the Jews understand this of their synagogues, which were many both in Jerusalem, and in other parts of their country, but cannot be intended, since it follows: and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours:
of their incense offered on the altar of incense; or the savour of their offerings, as the Targum of Jonathan, of their burnt offerings, and the fat of their other offerings burnt on the altar of burnt offering; signifying, that these would not be acceptable to him, or he smell a savour of rest in them; see ( Genesis 8:21 ) ; now these were only offered in the temple, not in synagogues.

Levítico 26:31 In-Context

29 y tendrán que comerse la carne de sus hijos y de sus hijas.

30 Destruiré sus santuarios paganos, demoleré sus altares de incienso, y amontonaré sus cadáveres sobre las figuras sin vida de sus ídolos. Volcaré mi odio sobre ustedes;

31 convertiré en ruinas sus ciudades, y asolaré sus santuarios. No me complaceré más en el aroma de sus ofrendas, que me era grato.

32 De tal manera asolaré al país, que sus enemigos que vengan a ocuparlo quedarán atónitos.

33 Los dispersaré entre las naciones: desenvainaré la espada, y los perseguiré hasta dejar desolada su tierra, y en ruinas sus ciudades.