New American Standard Bible 2020

Deuteronomy 7:17-24

17“Ifכִּ֤יkiH3588you sayתֹאמַר֙to.MarH559in your heartבִּלְבָ֣בְךָ֔bil.Va.ve.khaH3824, ‘Theseהָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.lehH428nationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471are greaterרַבִּ֛יםra.BimH7227thanמִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.niH4480I; howH351canאוּכַ֖ל'u.KhalH3201Idispossessלְהוֹרִישָֽׁם׃le.ho.ri.ShamH3423them?’

18you are not to beH3372afraidתִירָ֖אti.Ra'H3372of them; you shallrememberזָכֹ֣רza.KhorH2142wellתִּזְכֹּ֗רtiz.KorH2142whatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430didעָשָׂה֙'a.SahH6213to Pharaohלְפַרְעֹ֖הle.far.'OhH6547and to allוּלְכָל־u.le.khol-H3605Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714:

19the greatהַגְּדֹלֹ֜תha.ge.do.LotH1419trialsהַמַּסֹּ֨תha.ma.SotH4531whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834your eyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869sawרָא֣וּra.'UH7200and the signsוְהָאֹתֹ֤תve.ha.'o.TotH226and the wondersוְהַמֹּֽפְתִים֙ve.ha.mo.fe.TimH4159,and the mightyהַחֲזָקָה֙ha.cha.za.KahH2389handוְהַיָּ֤דve.hai.YadH3027and the outstretchedהַנְּטוּיָ֔הha.ne.tu.YahH5186armוְהַזְּרֹ֣עַve.ha.ze.Ro.a'H2220by whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834the Lordיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430broughtH3318you outH3318.The Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will doיַעֲשֶׂ֞הya.'a.SehH6213the sameכֵּֽן־ken-H3651to allלְכָל־le.kholH3605the peoplesהָ֣עַמִּ֔יםha.'a.MimH5971of whomאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834you areH3372afraidH3372.

20Indeedוְגַם֙ve.GamH1571,the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will sendיְשַׁלַּ֛חye.sha.LachH7971the hornetהַצִּרְעָ֔הha.tzir.'AhH6880against them, untilעַד־'ad-H5704those who are leftהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֛יםha.nish.'a.RimH7604and hideוְהַנִּסְתָּרִ֖יםve.ha.nis.ta.RimH5641themselves from you perishאֲבֹ֗ד'a.VodH6.

21You are not to be terrifiedתַעֲרֹ֖ץta.'a.RotzH6206of them, becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588the Lordיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430is in your midstבְּקִרְבֶּ֔ךָbe.kir.Be.chaH7130,a greatגָּד֖וֹלga.DolH1419and awesomeוְנוֹרָֽא׃ve.no.Ra'H3372Godאֵ֥ל'elH410.

22And the Lordיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will driveH5394awayוְנָשַׁל֩ve.na.ShalH5394theseהָאֵ֛לha.'ElH411nationsהַגּוֹיִ֥םha.go.YimH1471from you littleמְעַ֣טme.'AtH4592by littleמְעָ֑טme.'AtH4592;you will not beH3201ableתוּכַל֙tu.KhalH3201to putH3615anH3615endכַּלֹּתָ֣םka.lo.TamH3615toH3615them quicklyמַהֵ֔רma.HerH4118,otherwiseפֶּן־pen-H6435thewildהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704animalsH2421would becomeH7235tooעָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaH5921numerousH7235for you.

23But the Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430will turnH5414them overH5414to you, and willthrowH1949them into greatגְדֹלָ֔הge.do.LahH1419confusionמְהוּמָ֣הme.hu.MahH4103untilעַ֖ד'adH5704they are destroyedהִשָּׁמְדָֽם׃hi.sha.me.DamH8045.

24And He will handבְּיָדֶ֔ךָbe.ya.De.khaH3027 H5414overH5414their kingsמַלְכֵיהֶם֙mal.khei.HemH4428to you, so that you will eliminateוְהַאֲבַדְתָּ֣ve.ha.'a.vad.TaH6their nameשְׁמָ֔םshe.MamH8034from underמִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478heavenהַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;noלֹֽא־lo'-H3808oneאִישׁ֙'ishH376will be able to standיִתְיַצֵּ֥בyit.ya.TzevH3320againstבְּפָנֶ֔יךָbe.fa.Nei.khaH6440you untilעַ֥ד'adH5704you have destroyedהִשְׁמִֽדְךָ֖hish.mid.KhaH8045them.

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