Devastate the land: since this clearly refers to the land of the Israelites, it may be useful to translate “your land,” as in Good News Translation.

So that: Good News Translation makes this clearer with “so completely that.”

Who settle in it: this is too neutral an expression to convey the idea of a hostile occupying force. In some languages one may say “who take it over” or “who become the masters.”

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .