Deuteronomy 7:19 (DBY)

Passage

the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the powerful hand, and the stretched-out arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so will Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples whom thou fearest.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:17 If thou shouldest say in thy heart, These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?

Deuteronomy 7:18 fear them not; remember well what Jehovah thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all the Egyptians;

Deuteronomy 7:19 the great trials which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the powerful hand, and the stretched-out arm, whereby Jehovah thy God brought thee out: so will Jehovah thy God do unto all the peoples whom thou fearest.

Deuteronomy 7:20 Moreover, Jehovah thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and they that hide themselves from thee, are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:21 Thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a God great and terrible.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "great", "trials", "thine", "eyes", "signs", "wonders", "powerful", and "hand". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "great" and "trials", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "fear them not remember well what Jehovah..." into verse 20's "Moreover Jehovah thy God will send the...", so "great" and "trials" 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 "great" and "trials" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.