Leviticus 26:36

“And upon them that are left [alive] of you, etc.] In the land of Judea, or rather scattered about among the nations, suggesting that these would be comparatively few: I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; or “a softness” f917; so that they should be effeminate, pusillanimous, and cowardly, have nothing of a manly spirit and courage in them; but be mean spirited and faint hearted, as the Jews are noted to be at this day, as Bishop Patrick observes; who also adds, “it being scarce ever heard, that a Jew listed himself for a soldier, or engaged in the defence of his country where he lives:” and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; either the sound of a…”

“As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 20:22-33 concludes with promises and warnings Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Deut. 27–30 is marked by broader and deeper promises and denunciations having immediate reference not only to outward consequences, but to the spiritual death incurred by transgressing the divine will. Leviticus 26:4 Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons,…”

“26:36-39 Disastrous defeat and captivity would later be the fate of both Israel and Judah (see study notes on 18:28; 26:14-39).”

“I will send: Gen 35:5; Deu 28:65-67; Jos 2:9-11, Jos 5:1; Sa1 17:24; Kg2 7:6, Kg2 7:7; Ch2 14:14; Job 15:21, Job 15:22; Isa 7:2, Isa 7:4; Eze 21:7, Eze 21:12, Eze 21:15 and the: Lev 26:7, Lev 26:8, Lev 26:17; Deu 1:44; Job 15:21; Pro 28:1; Isa 30:17 shaken: Heb. driven Leviticus 26:37”

“So far as the nation was concerned, those who were left when the kingdom was overthrown would find no rest in the land of their enemies, but would perish among the heathen for their own and their fathers' iniquities, till they confessed their sins and bent their uncircumcised hearts under the righteousness of the divine punishments. בּכם הנּשׁארים (nominative abs.): "as for those who are left in (as in Lev 5:9), i.e., of, you," who have not perished in the destruction of the kingdom and dispersion of the people, God will bring despair into their heart in the lands of your enemies, that the sound ("voice") of a moving leaf will hunt them to flee as before the sword, so that they will fall in…”