And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
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Interpretation
After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two things would bring ruin.
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This thought runs through Leviticus 26:32-34.