Leviticus 26:40-46

What hope remains after the covenant has been broken?

Berean Standard Bible

40 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— 41 and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity, 42 then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. 43 For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes. 44 Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God. 45 But for their sake I will remember the covenant with their fathers, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.” 46 These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.

What is the context?

The passage turns to confession of the people’s own and their fathers’ unfaithfulness and the humbling of their hearts. The Lord promises to remember His covenants with Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham, and to remember the land.

Even in their enemies’ land, He will not reject them so completely as to destroy them and break His covenant. The judgment is real, but it does not erase His declared identity as their God. The chapter closes by naming these laws as given through Moses at Sinai.

How is this passage commonly understood?

The USCCB notes emphasize covenant remembrance when the people repent. Wesley similarly links confession with changed life and sees the final promise as grounds for Israel’s restoration. His broader expectation should be recognized as an interpretation, while the paragraph’s express promise against total rejection remains clear.

Where does this fit in God's plan?

Romans 11:25–32 warns Gentile believers against conceit and speaks of Israel being loved on account of the patriarchs, God’s irrevocable calling, and mercy for the disobedient. This extends the theme of God’s covenant faithfulness and mercy into Paul’s explanation of the gospel. It does not identify every present political event as the fulfillment of a verse here.

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