What Does Leviticus 26:44 Mean?

“And yet”

meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though

“when they be”

properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and

“for all that”

this (often used adverb)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“in the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of their enemies”

hating; an adversary

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“I will not cast them away”

to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“neither will I abhor”

to detest; by implication, to reject

“them to destroy them utterly”

to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)

“and to break”

to break up (usually figuratively), i.e., to violate, frustrate

“my covenant”

a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

i

“with them for I am the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“their God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of