Deuteronomy 7:4

Translations

Modern

…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.

Traditional

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.

Literal

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.

Latin

…quia seducet filium tuum, ne sequatur me, et ut magis serviat diis alienis: irasceturque furor Domini, et delebit te cito.

Original

Hebrew

English

…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.

Notes

Deuteronomy 7:1–26

Before Israel could occupy the promised land, they had to remove the people already living there (compare Genesis 13:14–17; 15:18–21). The land belonged to the Lord, and only God could decide who should live there.

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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.
Deuteronomy 32:16–17
They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.
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.
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.
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,
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,
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.
Judges 2:11
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

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Topics

Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Lead to Idolatry Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Provoke the Anger of God Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God: Punishment of Being Unequally Yoked Company: Evil Dating An Unbeliever Dating Non Believers Fear of God: A Motive of Obedience Fellowship with the Wicked Forbidden Idolatry: Consists in Serving Other Gods Marriage: The Jews: Forbidden to Contract with Idolaters Marriage: Wives Among the Israelites Must be Israelites Miscegenation: Moses Miscegenation: Reasons for Prohibition Whom you Should Marry

Deuteronomy 7:4

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