So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
Parallel translations
- WEB that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
- KJV That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
- NKJV lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
- NASB so that the land will not vomit you out should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which was there before you.
- NLT So do not defile the land and give it a reason to vomit you out, as it will vomit out the people who live there now.
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Quick answer
If Israel defiles the land, it will vomit them out as it did the previous nations.
Overview
God warns that covenant privilege offers no immunity from judgment; Israel could be expelled just as the Canaanites were. This sober threat, later fulfilled in the exile, shows the seriousness of obedience. It reminds every generation that closeness to God brings greater accountability, not license to sin.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Lev 18:25Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
- Rev 3:16So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
- Lev 20:22You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
- Ezek 36:17“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.
- Jer 9:19For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”
- Ezek 36:13For this is what the Lord GOD says: Because people say to you, ‘You devour men and deprive your nation of its children,’
- Rom 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
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