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Deuteronomy 7:4

Temptation

2 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.

5 Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
KJV
For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
WEB
For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So the LORD’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
ASV
For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
DARBY
for he will turn away thy son from following me, and they will serve other gods, and the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
BLB
For they will turn away your sons from following Me, and they will serve other gods; and the anger of YHWH will be kindled against you⁺, and He will destroy you swiftly.
ÅB
for de vil få dine sønner til å vike av fra meg, så de dyrker andre guder, og da vil Herrens vrede tennes opp mot dere, og han vil hastig gjøre ende på deg.
OTB
for de vil vende dine barn bort fra å følge meg for å tjene andre guder. Da vil Herrens vrede bli opptent mot deg, og Han vil raskt ødelegge deg.
B1930
for de vil få dine sønner til å vike av fra mig, så de dyrker andre guder, og da vil Herrens vrede optendes mot eder, og han vil hastig gjøre ende på dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 6:15

    For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:16–17

    They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

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  • Exodus 20:5

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  • Deuteronomy 4:26

    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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  • Judges 3:7–8

    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

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  • Judges 2:20

    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,

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  • Judges 2:11

    And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

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  • Judges 10:6–7

    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

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