Deuteronomy 30:7 (ASV)

Passage

And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 30:5 and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

Deuteronomy 30:6 And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Deuteronomy 30:7 And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.

Deuteronomy 30:8 And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

Deuteronomy 30:9 And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jehovah", "curses", "upon", "thine", "enemies", "hate", "thee", and "persecuted". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jehovah" and "curses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy..." into verse 8's "And thou shalt return and obey the...", so "jehovah" and "curses" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jehovah" and "curses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.