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Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and he will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />for they would turn away your sons from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they will turn your sons away from following Me, to serve other gods; so the anger of the LORD will be aroused against you and destroy you suddenly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For they will turn your sons away from following Me, and they will serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you and He will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you and He will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and He will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For they will turn your sons away from following Me, and they will serve other gods; then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and He will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />for they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled <i>and</i> burn against you and He will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />because they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and he will swiftly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />because they will turn your sons away from Me to worship other gods. Then the LORD&#8217s anger will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you do, those people will lead your descendants to worship other gods and to turn their backs on the LORD. That will make him very angry, and he will quickly destroy Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For he 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 he will destroy thee quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These people will turn your children away from me to worship other gods. Then the LORD will get very angry with you and will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />because then they would lead your children away from the LORD to worship other gods. If that happens, the LORD will be angry with you and destroy you at once. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />because they will turn your children from me to serve other gods so that the LORD's anger blazes against you and swiftly destroys you by fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For he will turn away your son from following me, that he may serve other gods; so the anger of the LORD would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For that would turn away your sons from following me, that they may serve other gods. So Yahweh’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for he turns aside your son from after Me, and they have served other gods; and the anger of YHWH has burned against you and has destroyed you quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for he doth turn aside thy son from after Me, and they have served other gods, and the anger of Jehovah hath burned against you, and hath destroyed thee hastily.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For he will turn away thy son from after me and they served other gods: and the anger of Jehovah kindled against you and he destroyed thee suddenly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For she will turn away thy son from following me, that he may rather serve strange gods, and the wrath of the Lord will be kindled, and will quickly destroy thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For she will seduce your son, so that he will not follow me, and so that he will instead serve foreign gods. And the fury of the Lord will be enraged, and he will quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For they would turn your sons from following me to serving other gods, and then the anger of the LORD would flare up against you and he would quickly destroy you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />for that would turn away your children from following me, to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />That they may not turn away your sons from following me, and serve other gods; and then the anger of the LORD would kindle against you and destroy you quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />That they will not turn your children away from me and serve other gods and the wrath of LORD JEHOVAH would be hot upon you and he would destroy you quickly.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For he 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 He will destroy thee quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For he will draw away thy son from me, and he will serve other gods; and the Lord will be very angry with you, and will soon utterly destroy thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2207" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/7.htm">Casting out the Nations</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bin·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">they will turn your sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: yā·sîr (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">away</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: mê·’a·ḥă·ray (Prep-m:: 1cs) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">from following Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: wə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">to serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">other</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods.</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap̄- (N-msc) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">Then the anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/2734.htm" title="2734: wə·ḥā·rāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To burn or be kindled with anger. A primitive root; to glow or grow warm; figuratively to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy.">will burn</a> <a href="/hebrew/bā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">against you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4118.htm" title="4118: ma·hêr (Adv) -- Hastening, speedy, swift. From mahar; properly, hurrying; hence in a hurry.">and He will swiftly</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: wə·hiš·mî·ḏə·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">destroy you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-16.htm">Exodus 34:16</a></span><br />And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Joshua 23:12-13</a></span><br />For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/2-12.htm">Judges 2:12-13</a></span><br />Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/11-2.htm">1 Kings 11:2-4</a></span><br />These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. / For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-26.htm">Nehemiah 13:26-27</a></span><br />Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin. / Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-15</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a></span><br />A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-15.htm">2 Kings 17:15-17</a></span><br />They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate. / They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. / They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/9-12.htm">Ezra 9:12</a></span><br />Now, therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Never seek their peace or prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, leaving it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11</a></span><br />Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-9.htm">1 Corinthians 5:9-11</a></span><br />I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. / I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. / But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3</a></span><br />I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/5-21.htm">1 John 5:21</a></span><br />Little children, keep yourselves from idols.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a></span><br />Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy you suddenly.</p><p class="hdg">so will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/6-15.htm">Deuteronomy 6:15</a></b></br> (For the LORD thy God <i>is</i> a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Deuteronomy 32:16,17</a></b></br> They provoked him to jealousy with strange <i>gods</i>, with abominations provoked they him to anger… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/6-15.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-15.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-25.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-2.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/exodus/32-8.htm">Hastily</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-15.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-18.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/numbers/32-10.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-13.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/numbers/31-42.htm">Served</a> <a href="/numbers/35-22.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-32.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-39.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-13.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-15.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Burn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-20.htm">Destroyed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Hastily</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-17.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Moved</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-16.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Served</a> <a href="/joshua/10-9.htm">Suddenly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-15.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-15.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-16.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-1.htm">All communion with the nations is forbidden</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-5.htm">for fear of idolatry,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">for the holiness of the people,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-9.htm">for the nature of God in his mercy and justice,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-17.htm">and for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Historically, the Israelites were surrounded by nations with polytheistic beliefs, and intermarriage often resulted in the adoption of these foreign gods. This warning is consistent with the broader biblical narrative, where God repeatedly calls His people to remain separate and holy (<a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a>). The influence of foreign wives leading to idolatry is exemplified in the life of King Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/11.htm">1 Kings 11:1-4</a>), whose heart was turned away from God due to his marriages with foreign women.<p><b>to serve other gods</b><br>The service of other gods refers to idolatry, which was a direct violation of the first commandment (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>). In the ancient Near East, idolatry was not just a religious practice but also intertwined with cultural and social life. The gods of the surrounding nations, such as Baal and Asherah, were often associated with fertility and prosperity, making them appealing to the Israelites. This phrase underscores the spiritual adultery that occurs when God's people turn to idols, which is a recurring theme throughout the Old Testament (<a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a>).<p><b>Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you</b><br>The anger of the LORD is a response to covenant unfaithfulness. In the context of Deuteronomy, God's anger is not arbitrary but a just response to the breach of the covenant relationship. The imagery of God's anger "burning" is vivid and conveys the seriousness of idolatry. This divine anger is a theme found throughout the Old Testament, where God's holiness and justice demand a response to sin (<a href="/psalms/7-11.htm">Psalm 7:11</a>). It also foreshadows the ultimate judgment and wrath of God against sin, which is fully satisfied in the sacrifice of Jesus Christ (<a href="/romans/5-9.htm">Romans 5:9</a>).<p><b>and He will swiftly destroy you</b><br>The warning of swift destruction serves as a deterrent against idolatry and unfaithfulness. Historically, the Israelites experienced this destruction during the Babylonian exile, which was a direct consequence of their persistent idolatry and disobedience (<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6-23</a>). The concept of divine retribution is consistent with the blessings and curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>. This phrase also points to the ultimate judgment that awaits those who reject God, emphasizing the need for repentance and faithfulness. In the New Testament, the destruction of sin and death is accomplished through Jesus Christ, who offers salvation and eternal life to those who believe (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and commandments to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are being warned against intermarrying with pagan nations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/pagan_nations.htm">Pagan Nations</a></b><br>The surrounding nations whose practices and gods are a threat to the Israelites' faithfulness to Yahweh.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/y/yahweh.htm">Yahweh (The LORD)</a></b><br>The one true God who demands exclusive worship and obedience from His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are about to enter, filled with nations that worship other gods.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but anything that takes the place of God in our lives. We must guard our hearts against modern forms of idolatry.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commands is crucial for maintaining a relationship with Him. Disobedience leads to spiritual and sometimes physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_influence_of_relationships.htm">The Influence of Relationships</a></b><br>Relationships have a profound impact on our spiritual lives. We must choose relationships that encourage us in our faith rather than lead us away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_anger.htm">God's Righteous Anger</a></b><br>God's anger is a response to unfaithfulness and idolatry. It serves as a warning to remain faithful and devoted to Him alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_holiness.htm">The Call to Holiness</a></b><br>As God's people, we are called to be set apart and holy, reflecting His character in a world that often opposes His ways.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_sons_of_god_in_the_bible.htm">Who are the sons of God in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_coexist_with_canaanites_in_judges_1_27-28.htm">In Judges 1:27–28, why did the Israelites coexist with the Canaanites instead of fully driving them out, contradicting earlier commands for total conquest? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_deut._7_1-2_allow_destruction.htm">If God is compassionate, how can Deuteronomy 7:1–2 condone the total destruction of other nations? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_love_foreigners_but_punish_nations.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 10:19 command love for foreigners while other passages in Deuteronomy mandate severe treatment of certain nations? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">From following me</span>; <span class="accented">literally</span>, <span class="accented">from after me</span>, <span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. from being my servant and worshipper. Suddenly; rather, <span class="accented">speedily</span> (<span class="hebrew">מהֵר</span>, infin., of <span class="hebrew">מָהַר</span>, to be quick, to hasten, used as an adverb). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will turn your sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּנְךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(bin·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">away</span><br /><span class="heb">יָסִ֤יר</span> <span class="translit">(yā·sîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from following Me</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽאַחֲרַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’a·ḥă·ray)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> </span><span class="str2">The hind or following part</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to serve</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָבְד֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·ḇə·ḏū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">other</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחֵרִ֑ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥê·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, next, other</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gods.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then the anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַף־</span> <span class="translit">(’ap̄-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will burn against you,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחָרָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥā·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2734.htm">Strong's 2734: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and He will swiftly</span><br /><span class="heb">מַהֵֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(ma·hêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4118.htm">Strong's 4118: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hastening, speedy, swift</span><br /><br /><span class="word">destroy you.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִשְׁמִידְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiš·mî·ḏə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">Deuteronomy 7:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/7-4.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 7:4 For he will turn away your son (Deut. 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