Deuteronomy 7:25 (LSB)

Passage

The graven images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

Nearby Context

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.

Deuteronomy 7:25 The graven images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be snared by it, for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

Deuteronomy 7:26 And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become devoted to destruction like it; you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "graven", "images", "gods", "burn", "fire", "shall", "covet", and "silver". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "graven" and "images", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "And He will give their kings into..." into verse 26's "And you shall not bring an abomination...", so "graven" and "images" 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 "graven" and "images" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.