Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. New Living Translation Because the entire land has become defiled, I am punishing the people who live there. I will cause the land to vomit them out. English Standard Version and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. Berean Standard Bible Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. King James Bible And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. New King James Version For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. New American Standard Bible For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has vomited out its inhabitants. NASB 1995 ‘For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants. NASB 1977 ‘For the land has become defiled, therefore I have visited its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants. Legacy Standard Bible So the land has become defiled, and I have brought its punishment upon it. And the land has vomited out its inhabitants. Amplified Bible For the land has become defiled; therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. Christian Standard Bible The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. Holman Christian Standard Bible The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. American Standard Version and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants. Contemporary English Version and the land so unclean, that I punished the land because of their sins, and I made it vomit them up. English Revised Version And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants. GOD'S WORD® Translation The land has become unclean. I will punish it for its sins. The land will vomit out those who live in it. Good News Translation Their actions made the land unclean, and so the LORD is punishing the land and making it reject the people who lived there. International Standard Version The land has been defiled, so I brought the punishment of its iniquity to it. As a result, the land is vomiting out its inhabitants. Majority Standard Bible Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. NET Bible Therefore the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants. New Heart English Bible The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. Webster's Bible Translation And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit its iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. World English Bible The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity on it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. Young's Literal Translation and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants: Smith's Literal Translation And the land shall be defiled: and I will strike iniquity upon it, and the land shall vomit forth its inhabitants. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants. Catholic Public Domain Version and by which the land has been polluted. I will visit the wickedness of the land, so that it may vomit out its inhabitants. New American Bible And so the land has become defiled, and I have punished it for its wickedness, and the land has vomited out its inhabitants. New Revised Standard Version Thus the land became defiled; and I punished it for its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the land is defiled; therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it so that the land is bereaved of its inhabitants. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the land was defiled and I repaid its evil upon it and I have emptied the land of its inhabitants. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. Brenton Septuagint Translation and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Unlawful Sexual Relations…24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. 25Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. 26But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.… Cross References Deuteronomy 18:12 For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you. Deuteronomy 9:5 It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Numbers 35:33-34 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it. / Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.” Jeremiah 2:7 I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable. Jeremiah 16:18 And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.” Ezekiel 36:17-18 “Son of man, when the people of Israel lived in their land, they defiled it by their own ways and deeds. Their behavior before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman’s impurity. / So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had shed on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols. Isaiah 24:5-6 The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. Genesis 15:16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” 2 Kings 21:11-12 “Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin, / this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah that the news will reverberate in the ears of all who hear it. Psalm 106:38 They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. Revelation 18:3-5 All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” / Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues. / For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. Romans 1:24-27 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another. / They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is forever worthy of praise! Amen. / For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. ... 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Ephesians 5:5-6 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. / Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. Colossians 3:5-6 Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. Treasury of Scripture And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof on it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants. the land Numbers 35:33,34 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it… Psalm 106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. Isaiah 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. therefore Psalm 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Isaiah 26:21 For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. Jeremiah 5:9,29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? … vomiteth Leviticus 18:28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. Leviticus 20:22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. Jump to Previous Charge Defiled Inhabitants Iniquity Itself Punished Punishment Puts Reward Sin Spewed Thereof Unclean Visit Vomited Vomiteth WrongdoingJump to Next Charge Defiled Inhabitants Iniquity Itself Punished Punishment Puts Reward Sin Spewed Thereof Unclean Visit Vomited Vomiteth WrongdoingLeviticus 18 1. Unlawful marriages and unlawful lustsEven the land has become defiled The concept of the land being defiled is rooted in the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the land is seen as a gift from God, contingent upon the people's obedience. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the land was often personified and seen as capable of being affected by human actions. This phrase underscores the seriousness of sin, not just as a personal or communal issue, but as something that impacts the very environment. The defilement of the land is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, seen in passages like Numbers 35:33-34, where bloodshed defiles the land, and Jeremiah 2:7, where idolatry is said to pollute it. so I am punishing it for its sin and the land will vomit out its inhabitants Persons / Places / Events 1. The IsraelitesThe primary audience of Leviticus, receiving God's laws through Moses. 2. The Land of Canaan The land promised to the Israelites, which is described as being defiled by the practices of its current inhabitants. 3. The Canaanites The original inhabitants of the land, whose practices are considered abominable by God. 4. Moses The prophet and leader through whom God delivers His laws and commandments to the Israelites. 5. God The divine lawgiver, establishing moral and ceremonial laws for His people. Teaching Points The Seriousness of SinSin has consequences not only for individuals but also for communities and even the land itself. God's Holiness and Justice God's response to sin is rooted in His holy nature and His commitment to justice. The Call to Holiness Believers are called to live distinct lives, avoiding the practices that defile and lead to judgment. The Impact of Collective Sin The actions of a society can lead to collective consequences, emphasizing the need for communal repentance and righteousness. The Promise of Restoration While judgment is real, God's ultimate desire is for restoration and redemption through repentance.(25) The land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.--From the creation the earth shared in the punishment of man's guilt (Genesis 3:17), and at the restitution of all things she is to participate in his restoration (Romans 8:19-22). The physical condition of the land, therefore, depends upon the moral conduct of man. When he disobeys God's commandments she is parched up and does not yield her fruit" (Deuteronomy 11:17). "The land is defiled" when he defiles himself. When he walks in the way of the Divine commands she is blessed (Leviticus 25:19; Leviticus 26:4); "God is merciful unto his land and to his people" (Deuteronomy 32:43). Hence, "the earth mourneth" when her inhabitants sin (Isaiah 24:4-5), and "the earth is glad" when God avenges the cause of His people (Psalm 96:11-13). It is owing to this intimate connection between them that the land, which is here personified, is represented as loathing the wicked conduct of her children and being unable to restrain them. She nauseated them. The same figure is used in Leviticus 18:28; Leviticus 20:22; and in Revelation 3:16. . . . Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Even the landהָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land has become defiled, וַתִּטְמָ֣א (wat·tiṭ·mā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2930: To be or become unclean so I am punishing it וָאֶפְקֹ֥ד (wā·’ep̄·qōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 6485: To visit, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit for its sin, עֲוֺנָ֖הּ (‘ă·wō·nāh) Noun - common singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity and the land הָאָ֖רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land will vomit out וַתָּקִ֥א (wat·tā·qi) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6958: Spue out, vomit out, up, up again its אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Direct object marker Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case inhabitants. יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃ (yō·šə·ḇe·hā) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry Links Leviticus 18:25 NIVLeviticus 18:25 NLT Leviticus 18:25 ESV Leviticus 18:25 NASB Leviticus 18:25 KJV Leviticus 18:25 BibleApps.com Leviticus 18:25 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 18:25 Chinese Bible Leviticus 18:25 French Bible Leviticus 18:25 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 18:25 The land was defiled: therefore I punished (Le Lv Lev.) |
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