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Deuteronomy 7:4 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 7 · verse 4
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.Deuteronomy 7:4 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 7:4 in context
2And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.
4For 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.
5But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
6For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- followingʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- kindledchârâhto glow or grow warmH2734 →
- destroyshâmadto desolateH8045 →
- serveʻâbadto workH5647 →
- angerʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
- awayçûwrto turn offH5493 →
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Here is, I. A very strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those that are taken into communion with God must have no communication with the unfruitful works of darkness. These things they are charged about for the preventing of this snare now before them. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11