Deuteronomy 7:12–26

Yahweh’s Covenant Blessings

¹²“^aThen it will be, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you ¹His covenant and ²His lovingkindness which He swore to your fathers.

¹³“And He will ^alove you and bless you and ^bmultiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, ¹in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you.

¹⁴“You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female ^abarren among you or among your cattle.

¹⁵“^aAnd Yahweh will take away from you all sickness; and He will not put on you any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will give them to all who hate you.

¹⁶“And you shall consume all the peoples whom Yahweh your God will give over to you; ^ayour eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be ^ba snare to you.

¹⁷“If you should say in your heart, ‘These nations are more numerous than I; how can I ^adispossess them?’

¹⁸you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well ^aremember what Yahweh your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt:

^19athe great trials which your eyes saw and the signs and the wonders and the mighty hand and the outstretched arm by which Yahweh your God brought you out. So shall Yahweh your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid.

²⁰“Moreover, Yahweh your God will send ^athe hornet against them until those who remain and hide themselves from you perish.

²¹“You shall not dread ¹them, for ^aYahweh your God is in your midst, ^ba great and fearsome God.

²²“^aAnd Yahweh your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, lest the ¹wild beasts become too numerous for you.

²³“^aBut Yahweh your God will give them over before you and will ¹throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

²⁴“^aAnd He will give their kings into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; ^bno man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.

²⁵“The graven images of their gods you are to ^aburn with fire; you shall ^bnot covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be ^csnared by it, for it is an ^dabomination to Yahweh your God.

²⁶“And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become devoted to ^adestruction like it; you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.