Judgment · Historical judgment oracle

Leviticus 26:36-39

God · ~1440 BC · Status: Fulfilled · Confidence: 65%
“And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.”
King James Version · the opening — all 4 verses are below
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The psychological terror and vulnerability of the exiled remnant, fulfilled in the exile's disorientation and fear.

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26:36And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

26:37And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

26:38And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

26:39And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

Fulfillment References

Deuteronomy 28:65-67 Lamentations 3:1-19

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