Deuteronomy 7:4 (GNV)

Passage

For they wil cause thy sonne to turne away from me, and to serue other gods: then will the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you and destroy thee suddenly.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:2 And the Lord thy God shall giue them before thee, then thou shalt smite them: thou shalt vtterly destroy them: thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor haue compassion on them,

Deuteronomy 7:3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them, neither giue thy daughter vnto his sonne, nor take his daughter vnto thy sonne.

Deuteronomy 7:4 For they wil cause thy sonne to turne away from me, and to serue other gods: then will the wrath of the Lord waxe hote against you and destroy thee suddenly.

Deuteronomy 7:5 But thus ye shall deale with them, Ye shall ouerthrowe their altars, and breake downe their pillars, and ye shall cut downe their groues, and burne their grauen images with fire.

Deuteronomy 7:6 For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "cause", "sonne", "turne", "away", "serue", "other", "gods", and "wrath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "cause" and "sonne", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Neither shalt thou make marriages with them..." into verse 5's "But thus ye shall deale with them...", so "cause" and "sonne" 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 "cause" and "sonne" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.