Leviticus 26:31

Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data

"And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And I will

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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your

עִיר

ʻîyr

H5892

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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חָרַב

chârab

H2717

to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

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and

בּוֹא

bôwʼ

H935

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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your

מִקְדָּשׁ

miqdâsh

H4720

a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum

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unto

שְׁמָמָה

shᵉmâmâh

H8077

devastation; figuratively, astonishment

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and I will not

רֵיחַ

rêyach

H7381

odor (as if blown)

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the

רֵיחַ

rêyach

H7381

odor (as if blown)

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of your

נִיחוֹחַ

nîychôwach

H5207

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

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בֶּשֶׂם

besem

H1314

fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant

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Key Terms in This Verse

sanctuaries H4720

מִקְדָּשׁ miqdâsh

a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum

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odours H1314

בֶּשֶׂם besem

fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant

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smell H7381

רֵיחַ rêyach

odor (as if blown)

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desolation H8077

שְׁמָמָה shᵉmâmâh

devastation; figuratively, astonishment

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savour H7381

רֵיחַ rêyach

odor (as if blown)

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waste H2717

חָרַב chârab

to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill

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sweet H5207

נִיחוֹחַ nîychôwach

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

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cities H5892

עִיר ʻîyr

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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bring H935

בּוֹא bôwʼ

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

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make H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:3 cross-reference

And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?

Genesis 8:21 cross-reference

And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will ...

Lamentations 2:7 cross-reference

The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day o...

Jeremiah 4:7 cross-reference

The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabit...

Hebrews 10:26 cross-reference

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

Lamentations 1:10 cross-reference

The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congrega...

Ezekiel 9:6 cross-reference

Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before...

2 Chronicles 36:19 cross-reference

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

Jeremiah 26:6 cross-reference

Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 9:11 cross-reference

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 52:13 cross-reference

And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

Ezekiel 6:6 cross-reference

In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your...

Isaiah 1:7 cross-reference

Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

Nehemiah 2:17 cross-reference

Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a ...

Luke 21:24 cross-reference

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Lamentations 1:1 cross-reference

How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!

Ezekiel 21:7 cross-reference

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spiri...

Isaiah 66:3 cross-reference

He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he...

Micah 3:12 cross-reference

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.

Ezekiel 21:15 cross-reference

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

Jeremiah 26:9 cross-reference

Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in t...

Ezekiel 24:21 cross-reference

Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons ...

Jeremiah 22:5 cross-reference

But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.

Acts 6:14 cross-reference

For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

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