Deuteronomy 7:19 (DRB)

Passage

The exceeding great plagues, which thy eyes saw, and the signs and wonders, and the strong hand, and the stretched out arm, with which the Lord thy God brought thee out: so will he do to all the people, whom thou fearest.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:17 If thou say in thy heart: These nations are more than I, how shall I be able to destroy them?

Deuteronomy 7:18 Fear not, but remember what the Lord thy God did to Pharao and to all the Egyptians,

Deuteronomy 7:19 The exceeding great plagues, which thy eyes saw, and the signs and wonders, and the strong hand, and the stretched out arm, with which the Lord thy God brought thee out: so will he do to all the people, whom thou fearest.

Deuteronomy 7:20 Moreover the Lord thy God will send also hornets among them, until he destroy and consume all that have escaped thee, and could hide themselves.

Deuteronomy 7:21 Thou shalt not fear them, because the Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, a God mighty and terrible:

Study Lenses

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

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