Deuteronomy 7:16

and thou shalt devour all the peoples whom, Yahweh thy God, is delivering up unto thee, thine eye shall not look with pity upon them, neither shalt thou serve their gods, for a snare, would it be unto thee.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

In Context

15and Yahweh, will turn away, from thee, all disease,—and as for all the sore sicknesses of Egypt which thou knowest, he will not lay them upon thee, but will put them upon all who hate thee;

17Although thou mightest say in thy heart: More in number, are these nations than I,—how can, I dispossess them?

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Cross References

Exodus 23:33they shall not dwell in thy land, lest they cause thee to sin against me,—for thou mightest serve their gods, verily! it would become to thee a snare!

Numbers 33:55But if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall it be. that they whom ye leave remaining of them will become pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and will harass you, concerning the land, wherein, ye are settling down.

Deuteronomy 12:30take heed to thyself lest thou be thrust after them, after they have been destroyed from before thee,—and lest thou enquire after their gods, saying—In what manner, did these nations serve their gods, that, I too, may do likewise?

Deuteronomy 13:9but thou shalt slay, him, thine own hand, shall be on him first, to put him to death,—and the hand of all the people afterwards.

Deuteronomy 19:21neither shall thine eye pity,—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Joshua 23:13know, that Yahweh your God will no further drive out these nations from before you,—but they will become unto you a snare and a hook, and a goad in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye have perished from off this goodly soil, which Yahweh your God hath given unto you.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:13-26

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: 13 And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 14 Thou shalt be blessed above all… Read the whole commentary →

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