The Meaning of Deuteronomy 7:20 Explained

Deuteronomy 7:20

KJV: Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

YLT: 'And also the locust doth Jehovah thy God send among them, till the destruction of those who are left, and of those who are hidden from thy presence;

Darby: Moreover, Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and they that hide themselves from thee, are destroyed.

ASV: Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves, perish from before thee.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Moreover the LORD  thy God  will send  the hornet  among them, until they that are left,  and hide  themselves from  thee, be destroyed. 

What does Deuteronomy 7:20 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 7:12-26 - What The Lord Does For His People
The promises to obedience are enlarged upon with touching copiousness. Love, blessing, keeping, peace, multiplication, fruit and health lie along the narrow pathway entered by the strait gate of the Cross. However forbidding its entrance, it "leadeth unto life." May Christ secure in us this obedience which He, too, demands and achieves by His Spirit! John 14:15.
Whatever be the strength of the Amalekites and Hittites of the heart, let us not fear. We have been "reconciled by His death" and shall be "saved by His life," Romans 5:10. "Little by little" is the law of progressive sanctification. The Holy Spirit shows us the next portion to be taken and the enemies that resist our prayers. But as we advance, they are driven out, Isaiah 54:17.
We resemble what we admire. Let us set our affections above. To abhor the evil and pursue the good casts a glory on our face. Compare Deuteronomy 7:26; Psalms 115:8; 2 Corinthians 3:18. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 7

1  All communion with the nations is forbidden
5  for fear of idolatry,
6  for the holiness of the people,
9  for the nature of God in his mercy and justice,
17  and for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 7:20 mean?

Moreover - the hornet will send Yahweh your God among them until are destroyed Those who are left and who hide themselves from you
וְגַם֙ אֶת־ הַצִּרְעָ֔ה יְשַׁלַּ֛ח יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ בָּ֑ם עַד־ אֲבֹ֗ד הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֛ים וְהַנִּסְתָּרִ֖ים מִפָּנֶֽיךָ

וְגַם֙  Moreover 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַצִּרְעָ֔ה  the  hornet 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִרְעָה  
Sense: hornets.
יְשַׁלַּ֛ח  will  send 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
יְהוָ֥ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ  your  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
בָּ֑ם  among  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
עַד־  until 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
אֲבֹ֗ד  are  destroyed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָבַד  
Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed.
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֛ים  Those  who  are  left 
Parse: Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: שָׁאַר  
Sense: to remain, be left over, be left behind.
וְהַנִּסְתָּרִ֖ים  and  who  hide  themselves 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: סָתַר  
Sense: to hide, conceal.
מִפָּנֶֽיךָ  from  you 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.

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