Levítico 26:34

34 Então a terra desfrutará os seus anos sabáticos enquanto estiver desolada e enquanto vocês estiverem na terra dos seus inimigos; e a terra descansará e desfrutará os seus sábados.

Levítico 26:34 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:34

Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths
The sabbatical years, or seventh year sabbaths, when, according to the law in the preceding chapter, it was to rest from tillage, ( Leviticus 25:2-4 ) : as long as it lieth desolate, and ye [be] in your enemies' land;
so long it should lie uncultivated, at least in part, there not being a sufficient number left to till it in general, or as it should be; this was the case during the seventy years' captivity in Babylon; [even] then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths;
or complete them, as Aben Ezra, which is a bitter sarcasm upon them for their neglect of observance of the law concerning the sabbatical years; but now the land should have its sabbaths of rest whether they would or not; and it seems as if it was on account of this sin, as well as others, that they were carried captive; and it is remarkable, if what Maimonides ^F24 says is right, that it was at the going out or end of a sabbatical year, that the first temple was destroyed, and the Jews carried captive, and endured a seventy years' captivity; which some say was because they had neglected seventy sabbatical years; see ( 2 Chronicles 36:21 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Hilchot Shemitah Vejobel, c. 10. sect. 3.

Levítico 26:34 In-Context

32 Desolarei a terra a ponto de ficarem perplexos os seus inimigos que vierem ocupá-la.

33 Espalharei vocês entre as nações e empunharei a espada contra vocês. Sua terra ficará desolada; as suas cidades, em ruínas.

34 Então a terra desfrutará os seus anos sabáticos enquanto estiver desolada e enquanto vocês estiverem na terra dos seus inimigos; e a terra descansará e desfrutará os seus sábados.

35 Enquanto estiver desolada, a terra terá o descanso sabático que não teve quando vocês a habitavam.

36 “Quanto aos que sobreviverem, eu lhes encherei o coração de tanto medo na terra do inimigo, que o som de uma folha levada pelo vento os porá em fuga. Correrão como quem foge da espada, e cairão, sem que ninguém os persiga.