Leviticus 26:42

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְזָכַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י יַעֲק֑וֹב וְאַף֩ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֨י יִצְחָ֜ק וְאַ֨ף אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֧י אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶזְכֹּ֖ר וְהָאָ֥רֶץ אֶזְכֹּֽר׃

Transliteration

wə-zāḵartî ʾet-bərîtî yaʿăqôb wə-ʾap ʾet-bərîtî yiṣḥāq wə-ʾap ʾet-bərîtî ʾabrāhām ʾezkōr wə-hāʾāreṣ ʾezkōr

Grammar Details

• *wə-zāḵartî*: conjunction + Qal perfect 1st person singular - and I will remember
• *ʾet*-*bərîtî*: direct object marker + feminine singular noun with 1st person singular suffix - my covenant
• *yaʿăqôb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *wə-ʾap*: conjunction + adverb/conjunction - and also
• *yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
• *ʾabrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
• *ʾezkōr*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will remember
• *wə-hāʾāreṣ*: conjunction + definite article + feminine singular noun - and the land

Word Meanings

• *zāḵartî*: remember/recall/be mindful of
• *bərît*: covenant/agreement/treaty

Referenced Verses

• Exod 2:24 : 24 And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
• Exod 6:5 : 5 And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.
• Ezek 16:60 : 60 Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.
• Ps 106:45 : 45 And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
• Ps 136:23 : 23 Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
• Ezek 36:1-9 : 1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: 2 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: 3 Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: 4 Therefore, 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, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; 5 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: 11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. 12 Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. 13 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations; 14 Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. 15 Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 36:33-34 : 33 Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.
• Joel 2:18 : 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
• Luke 1:72 : 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
• Deut 4:31 : 31 (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
• Ps 85:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. LORD, thou hast been favourable{H8804)} unto thy land: thou hast brought back{H8804)} the captivity{H8675)} of Jacob. 2 Thou hast forgiven{H8804)} the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered{H8765)} all their sin. Selah.
• Gen 9:16 : 16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
• Gen 22:15-18 : 15 And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, 16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: 17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; 18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
• Gen 26:5 : 5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
• Gen 28:15 : 15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.