They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods, it will be a snare for you.’
Deuteronomy 7:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will give over to you; your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. Common English Bible You will destroy all the peoples that the LORD your God is handing over to you. Show them no pity. And don’t serve their gods because that would be a trap for you. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall devour all the peoples, which the Lord your God will deliver to you. Your eye shall not spare them, neither shall you serve their gods, lest they be your ruin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt consume all the people, which the Lord thy God will deliver to thee. Thy eye shall not spare them: neither shalt thou serve their gods, lest they be thy ruin. |
They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against me. If you serve their gods, it will be a snare for you.’
Afterwards #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #King Zedekiah of Judah, his officers, and the people #– #those in this city who survive the plague, the sword, and the famine #– #I will hand over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to their enemies, yes, to those who intend to take their lives. He will put them to the sword; he won’t spare them or show pity or compassion.”
But if you don’t drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs for your eyes and thorns for your sides; they will harass you in the land where you will live.
do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
Instead, you must kill him. Your hand is to be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
Do not look on him with pity but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and you will prosper.
Do not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
Burn the carved images of their gods. Don’t covet the silver and gold on the images and take it for yourself, or else you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the Lord your God.
For it was the Lord’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
and abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of Egypt. They followed other gods from the surrounding peoples and bowed down to them. They angered the Lord,
Therefore, I now say: I will not drive out these people before you. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a trap for you.’
The Israelites took their daughters as wives for themselves, gave their own daughters to their sons, and worshipped their gods.
Gideon made an ephod from all this and put it in Ophrah, his home town. Then all Israel prostituted themselves by worshipping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.