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Deuteronomy 7:19-21
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Deuteronomy 7:19-21
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19 the great judgments[a] you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power[b] by which he[c] brought you out—thus the Lord your God will do to all the people you fear. 20 Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets[d] among them until the very last ones who hide from you[e] perish. 21 You must not tremble in their presence, for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God.
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- Deuteronomy 7:19 tn Heb “testings” (so NAB), a reference to the plagues. See note at 4:34.
- Deuteronomy 7:19 tn Heb “the strong hand and outstretched arm.” See 4:34.
- Deuteronomy 7:19 tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
- Deuteronomy 7:20 tn The meaning of the term translated “hornets” (צִרְעָה, tsirʿah) is debated. Various suggestions are “discouragement” (HALOT 1056-57 s.v.; cf. NEB, TEV, CEV “panic”; NCV “terror”) and “leprosy” (J. H. Tigay, Deuteronomy [JPSTC], 360, n. 33; cf. NRSV “the pestilence”), as well as “hornet” (BDB 864 s.v.; cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT). The latter seems most suitable to the verb שָׁלַח (shalakh, “send”; cf. Exod 23:28; Josh 24:12).
- Deuteronomy 7:20 tn Heb “the remnant and those who hide themselves.”
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