Deuteronomy 7:10 (LSB)

Passage

but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to make them perish; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:8 but because Yahweh loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your fathers, Yahweh brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 7:9 You shall know therefore that Yahweh your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

Deuteronomy 7:10 but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to make them perish; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face.

Deuteronomy 7:11 Therefore, you shall keep the commandment and the statutes and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them.

Deuteronomy 7:12 “Then it will be, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your fathers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "repays", "hate", "faces", "make", "perish", "delay", and "hates". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "repays" and "hate", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "You shall know therefore that Yahweh your..." into verse 11's "Therefore you shall keep the commandment and...", so "repays" and "hate" 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 "repays" and "hate" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.