Deuteronomy 7:22 (LSB)

Passage

And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, lest the wild beasts become too numerous for you.

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 7:20 Moreover, Yahweh your God will send the hornet against them until those who remain and hide themselves from you perish.

Deuteronomy 7:21 You shall not dread them, for Yahweh your God is in your midst, a great and fearsome God.

Deuteronomy 7:22 And Yahweh your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, lest the wild beasts become too numerous for you.

Deuteronomy 7:23 But Yahweh your God will give them over before you and will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:24 And He will give their kings into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "yahweh", "clear", "away", "nations", "before", "little", and "able". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "yahweh" and "clear", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "You shall not dread them for Yahweh..." into verse 23's "But Yahweh your God will give them...", so "yahweh" and "clear" 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 "yahweh" and "clear" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.