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36 “‘As for[a] the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and will fall down even though there is no pursuer. 37 They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though[b] there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand[c] for you before your enemies. 38 You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 26:36 tn Heb “And.”
  2. Leviticus 26:37 tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) is used in a concessive sense here.
  3. Leviticus 26:37 tn The term rendered “to stand up” is a noun, not an infinitive. It occurs only here and appears to designate someone who would take a powerful stand for them against their enemies.

36 “‘As for those of you who are left, I will make their hearts so fearful in the lands of their enemies that the sound of a windblown leaf(A) will put them to flight.(B) They will run as though fleeing from the sword, and they will fall, even though no one is pursuing them.(C) 37 They will stumble over one another(D) as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies.(E) 38 You will perish(F) among the nations; the land of your enemies will devour you.(G)

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