Bible verse
And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
Leviticus 26:32 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 26.
28 then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.
29 You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
31 I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
32 And I will lay waste the land, so that your enemies who dwell in it will be appalled.
33 But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
34 Then the land shall enjoy its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate, while you are in the land of your enemies. At that time the land will rest and enjoy its Sabbaths.
35 As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
36 As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
KJV
And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
ASV
And I will bring the land into desolation; and your enemies that dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
ERV
And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.
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