Leviticus 26:30 KJV

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

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What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • your, you more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Threatenings against disobedienceAfter 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...

Thompson Chains

  • High Places (2)Starts here · next Numbers 33:52 · 4 links
  • UnburiedSee the chain from Deuteronomy 28:26 · 7 links
  • ReprobationSee the chain from Leviticus 26:17 · 7 links

Parallel Passages

  • Psalms 78:59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • 2 Kings 23:20 And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
  • Isaiah 27:9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
  • Ezekiel 6:3–6 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. …
  • Ezekiel 6:13 Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
  • Leviticus 20:23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • And I will destroy וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּי wĕhišmadtî שָׁמַד Verb · hiphil sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • your high places אֶת ʾet Object marker בָּמֹתֵיכֶם bāmōtêkem בָּמָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • and cut down וְהִכְרַתִּי wĕhikrattî כָּרַת Verb · hiphil sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • your images אֶת ʾet Object marker חַמָּנֵיכֶם ḥammānêkem חַמָּן Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • and cast וְנָתַתִּי wĕnātattî נָתַן Verb · qal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • your carcases אֶת ʾet Object marker פִּגְרֵיכֶם pigrêkem פֶּגֶר Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • upon the carcases עַל ʿal Preposition פִּגְרֵי pigrê פֶּגֶר Noun · masculine plural construct
  • of your idols גִּלּוּלֵיכֶם gillûlêkem גִּלּוּל Noun · masculine plural construct · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • and my soul נַפְשִׁי napšî נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular אֶתְכֶם ʾetkem Object marker · with suffix: second person masculine plural
  • shall abhor וְגָעֲלָה wĕgāʿălâ גָּעַל Verb · qal sequential perfect, third person feminine singular · with and

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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