Leviticus 26:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.

I will destroy your high places, х wªhishmadtiy (H8045)] - I will pluck down (a word of strong meaning, implying utter destruction: cf. Numbers 33:52; Esther 3:6) consecrated enclosures on the tops of mountains, or on little hillocks, raised for practicing the rites of idolatry.

Cut down your images, х chamaaneeykem (H2553)] - images of the sun. This interpretation is confirmed by the discovery of ten Punic cippi with inscriptions to Baal, (see Gesenius, 'Monum. Phoenic.') According to some, those images were made in the form of chariots (2 Kings 23:11); according to others, they were of a conical form, like small pyramids. Reared in honour of the sun, they were usually placed on a very high situation, to enable the worshippers to have a better view of the rising sun. They were forbidden to the Israelites, and when set up, ordered to be destroyed.

Cast your carcases ... х giluwleeykem (H1544)] - trunks, blocks, stercorei. Like the statues of idols, which, when broken, lie neglected and contemned, the Jews during the sieges and subsequent captivity often wanted the rites of sepulture.

Leviticus 26:30

30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.